With the return of 20 living hostages, it’s been a week of euphoria in Israel and a special Simchat Torah for Jewish communities around the world. But this war is far from over.

World leaders patted themselves on the back in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, but this week’s jubilation was merely a small window of reprieve. A zebra cannot change its stripes and Hamas cannot stop killing. This week, it murdered dozens of people, execution-style, in the streets of Gaza.

Hamas will not disarm. It will not dissolve or fade away. It will almost certainly try to use this opportunity to reconstitute, despite its severe battlefield losses. Throughout the week, Hamas has been systematically eliminating its rivals. In the coming days and weeks, it will likely seek to establish absolute dominance over the 47

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