IMHO, Israel needs to sneak into Damascus and off Mashaal as a demonstration of its reach. Take out Whatzzizname of Hizbullah at the same time. That would really take the wind out of a lot of sails.

But since that doesn’t look like happening, the next best thing is for the IDF to completely wipe out the senior ranks of Hamas on the ground in Gaza — starting with Haniyeh.

Accepting a hudna now is not in Israel’s best interest. It needs to seize and maintain possession of the Philadelphi Corridor with the promise that it will be thoroughly mined with sound detecting devices that will trigger bunker busters — or worse — at the first hint of tunneling.

I wish Israel would also outright annex the West Bank, then give each Arab a financial settlement as he or she is escorted out of the country. The West Bank was supposed to be part of Israel at the time of partition, and the Arabs illegally occupied it. Allowing the West Bank to continue as an Arab out station is suicide — as would be giving back the Golan Heights. Israel needs to tell Syria to go pound sand because the Golan Heights are now and ever will be a part of Israel.