It wasn't just revenge we were after in Gaza

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It wasn't just revenge we were after in Gaza
Nir Hasson

08:42 AM • May 11 2026 IDT

There is no way of understanding the manner in which the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli society operated over the last two-and-a-half years without recognizing the fact that vengeance was part of the fuel that drove things. The destruction and killing in the Gaza Strip, the Jewish terror in the West Bank, the destruction of villages in southern Lebanon and the legislation of capital punishment have no logic other than the wish to take revenge.

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