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IDF: Hamas Leaders Will Pay a Price for Their Mistakes
(Times of Israel) Judah Ari Gross - Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva, head of IDF Operations, told Israel's Kan radio on Tuesday that he would consider the current round of fighting in Gaza to be a success if it ensured calm along the border for the next five years. "I think that the people who were mistaken, more than anyone else, were [Hamas leader in Gaza] Yahya Sinwar and [Hamas military chief] Muhammad Deif. They believed they'd be able to fire at Jerusalem and it would end with some limited kind of response from the IDF and the State of Israel. And they will look back on that decision and think of it as a significant error." "The big mistake was Hamas'. It has paid a price for it and will continue to pay a price for it. At the end of the day...most of the things it has built over these many years have not succeeded."