Military rule in Gaza won't free hostages, and could make the IDF a prime terror target

The security cabinet's decision to approve occupying Gaza City and later the entire Gaza Strip has turned freeing the hostages into a marginal goal at best, and in the most realistic case, totally eliminates it. Even if we ignore the messianic goals of the far-right ministers who seek "to correct the sin of the disengagement" and rebuild the settlements, the working assumption on which the occupation rests is that a military government will replace the Hamas regime, thereby achieving a key goal of the war.

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