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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-acting-erratically-but-hardly-harmed-sources-say/
Hamas Hardly Harmed
(Times of Israel) Aaron J. Klein and Mitch Ginsburg - Israel's military campaign has failed to inflict serious damage on the Hamas war machine, several sources said Monday. "They still have almost 90 percent of their rockets," said Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser. Amidror said that Israel has not hit Hamas rocket stores, rocket development capacity, and senior personnel for two reasons: a lack of detailed intelligence, and an understanding that "the collateral damage would be enormous." He believes an invasion of Gaza would prove useful in the long term - sparing lives on both sides. A senior IDF intelligence officer in the Southern Command said Hamas has placed much of its rocket stores under tall, civilian buildings. "Even if we ordered all of the residents out of the buildings, the collateral damage would be massive." The secondary explosions would kill many innocent civilians.