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“If Israel does not encourage international aid to Gaza, with Hamas’ government being in the loop, we may experience another armed conflict. This one, like the last, will not come about due to a lack of deterrence—but due to the lack of its necessary companion: positive incentives.”

(Israel’s Maj Gen (res.) Giora Eiland writing in Ynet on what is needed to prevent another armed conflict with Gaza, 23/08/2016)