Comment by midlander

The official government policy, which they have communicated many times, is that the goal was return of the hostages and dismantling of Hamas. Since the return of all the hostages, there has been a drastic drop in fighting - the figures have not changed much in recent months (although the condemnations haven’t subsided). The stalemate at the moment is waiting for Hamas to disarm and hand over control to a civilian Palestinian government.