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Mar 2010
When Israel started its offensive against the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip in December 2008 it had four manifest objectives. First, to stop rockets being fired into the Northern Negev; second, to weaken the military and security infrastructure of Hamas in Gaza; third, to restore the deterrence it had lost after the years of rocket attacks against its territory, fourth, to secure release of corporal Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas in 2006.
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Author | Alvise Vianello |
Series | CIDOB Notes Internacionals |
Issue | 13 |
Publisher | Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) |
Copyright | © 2010 CIDOB Foundation |