Amid tenuous ceasefire, officials wonder if they have weakened Hamas
(NEWSER) - As the world waits to see whether the truce declared this weekend in Gaza will hold, Israelis are asking themselves just what the 3 weeks of vicious fighting has achieved. There is hope that damage to tunnels may prevent Hamas from rearming and resuming firing rockets across the border, at least at the previous volume. But Hamas remains in power in Gaza, writes Ethan Bronner in the New York Times, and the attacks don't appear to have succeeded in driving a wedge between the group and Gazans. More»