Israel’s goals in its fight against Hamas have been to destroy the enemy and get back the hostages taken by the terrorists, but ultimately, the ends are “in conflict and always have been,” Eric Navarro, the director of military and strategy programs at the Mideast Forum, told Newsmax Sunday. 

“I’ve been very negative on whether or not they would release the hostages throughout,” Navarro said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend,” adding that the two-part plan limits the fight. 

“When you’re worried about getting the hostages back, it limits your war, the way you conduct things,” he added. “On top of that, Hamas wants the pictures of dead Palestinian civilians, so they hide amongst them. They hide the hostages amongst them, and they want the Israelis to attack them and kill the civilians. For those pictures, for the propaganda effect that it has.”

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