How far will Israel go? Gaza braces for ground offensive after Hamas attack

But the potential prospect of a ground offensive in one of the planet's most densely populated territories comes at a very high cost. How long a war? How many casualties? What endgame? If it's to eliminate Hamas, what should it be replaced with? Israel left Gaza in 2005. Does it want to return? Most pressing is the cost to a civilian population already running low on drinking water. 

Right now, Israel has much of the world’s sympathy. Is there an alternative to a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye? How to avoid squandering that sympathy the way that the post-9/11 United States squandered sympathy by invading Iraq? 

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Imen Mellaz.

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