Fighting in Gaza has zeroed in more and more tightly on Gaza City, as the Israeli military relentlessly pushes against Hamas, cornering it. Israel has repeatedly alleged that Hamas is hiding its fighters beneath hospitals, a charge that the group denies. All of this amounts to a daunting thicket in the war. The World’s host Marco Werman talks with Meir Elran, a retired Brigadier General and senior researcher for the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, about how Israel plans to bring the fight to a close and what can be done about the large numbers of civilian casualties.
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