If the objective is the total destruction of Hamas, then "the war will last 10 years". That warning from France's president follows the collapse of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas. After an Act I that reduced huge swathes of northern Gaza to rubble, how long will Act II last? We hear from Emmanuel Macron and the warning issued by US President Joe Biden's defence secretary: if Israel doesn’t do more to protect civilians, it risks "strategic defeat".
We ask what Lloyd Austin means...and what Israel wants. What are achievable objectives, both military and political, that can isolate an emboldened Hamas and offer real hope to both Israelis and Palestinians?
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Guillaume Gougeon and Imen Mellaz.
