Hamas still strong in areas "cleared" by Israel in northern Gaza,sayexperts.

I forecastin Octoberthat Israel wouldnotbe able to wipe out HAMAS. In general, an underground guerrilla uprising cannot be wipedout as long as it can recruit new supporters. It follows that when Netanyahu says he willcontinue the war in Gaza until HAMAS is wiped out, this means in practice that he intends tocontinue it as long as there are Palestinian in Gaza.

Let's not lose sight ofwhere we want to end up.