O peration Swords of Iron, the grandiosely named war on Hamas and Gaza, is estimated to have cost a cumulative $100 billion , lasted over two years, and yet failed to achieve its stated military and political objectives.

T he war levelled Gaza into rubble the likes of which has not been seen since the Anglo-American bombing of Dresden in February 1945. Under that rubble are as many as 14,000 bodies unlikely ever to be recovered or given burial as per custom , in addition to the more than 67, 806 already confirmed killed. These numbers give some perspective on the scale of destruction sans quantifiable results.

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Astronomical costs, little payoff

The $100 billion figure represents the combined expenditure of Israel, estimated

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