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Hamas' Victory Claims Fizzle
(Chicago Sun-Times) Steve Huntley - Hamas claims to have emerged from the latest Gaza battle as the strongest voice of Palestinian aspirations, however debased those ambitions are by their genocidal roots. But any such political gain is offset by the stunning technological and military prowess demonstrated by Israel. The Jewish state deployed a missile-defense system that proved amazingly effective, and Israel's pinpoint air attacks based on accurate intelligence wreaked punishing destruction on the terrorist command in Gaza with minimum civilian casualties.