Israel’s warfare with Iran lasted simply 12 days. So why has the combat with Hamas in Gaza lasted for over 600?

[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's victory lap over Iran turned out to be painfully quick lived.

Simply hours after asserting a ceasefire Tuesday and proclaiming that "each navy on the planet" would research Israel's successes within the assaults he approved, there was phrase of heavy losses in Israel's different warfare — in opposition to Hamas in Gaza.

Seven Israel Defence Forces (IDF) troopers have been killed when their armoured personnel provider was attacked close to Khan Younis. In all, 30 Israelis have been killed in Gaza for the reason that IDF broke its ceasefire with Hamas in March.

General, the IDF says 879 of its troopers have been killed since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, a complete that features deaths combating in opposition to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

<img loading="lazy" alt="FILE PHOTO: Iranians walk next to a billboard with a picture of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, senior Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani, late Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and late Hamas leader Yahya Al-Sinwar on a street in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2025." srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570389.1750879783!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/usa-security-iran.JPG?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570389.1750879783!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/usa-security-iran.JPG?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570389.1750879783!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/usa-security-iran.JPG?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570389.1750879783!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/usa-security-iran.JPG?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570389.1750879783!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/usa-security-iran.JPG?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570389.1750879783!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/usa-security-iran.JPG?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.4993646759847523" data-cy="image-img"/> Iranians stroll subsequent to a billboard with an image of late Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, senior Iranian navy commander Common Qassem Soleimani, late Lebanese Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and late Hamas chief Yahya Al-Sinwar, on a avenue in Tehran, on Might 11. ( Majid Asgaripour/West Asia Information Company) Whereas the warfare with Iran lasted barely 12 days, Israel has been combating in Gaza for greater than 600, regardless of Hamas being a a lot smaller adversary. Nonetheless, the longer the warfare drags on, the extra strain Netanyahu faces — each inside and outdoors Israel — to succeed in a deal and convey the remaining hostages residence.

Iran's efficient defeat might affect Hamas Some observers in Israel imagine the efficient defeat of Iran, Hamas's main benefactor, might drive the Palestinian militant group to reassess its capacity to carry out in Gaza.

"It could clear the best way for a deal, as a result of Hamas seems to be round and sees their Iranian sponsors have been taken out," mentioned Dan Diker with the Jerusalem Heart for Safety and Overseas Affairs.

<img loading="lazy" alt="Israeli soldiers walk out from a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis at the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, June 8, 2025. " srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570387.1750879830!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-embed.JPG?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570387.1750879830!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-embed.JPG?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570387.1750879830!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-embed.JPG?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570387.1750879830!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-embed.JPG?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570387.1750879830!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-embed.JPG?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570387.1750879830!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-embed.JPG?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.4993646759847523" data-cy="image-img"/> Israeli troopers stroll out from a tunnel beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis on the Gaza Strip on June 8. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters) Diker's centre engages in public diplomacy and lobbies on behalf of Israel throughout the Center East. It is on the report as opposing a two-state answer to the greater than 70-year battle.

Like many Israelis, Diker says he believes the Gaza Well being Ministry figures of 56,000 lifeless in Gaza are inflated, and that the variety of individuals going hungry there's additionally overstated. (The United Nations considers the loss of life toll dependable and different estimates put it even increased.)

Diker says he can see a state of affairs the place Hamas's remaining leaders in Gaza conform to stay in exile, as a result of political and navy help from Iran is not out there.

Israel and the U.S. declare that Iran educated, funded and outfitted lots of the Hamas militants concerned within the Oct. 7 assaults that killed some 1,200 individuals.

A breakthrough? Heading into the NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump raised hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations.

However later, Qatari officers concerned in mediation mentioned that they had obtained no new provides from both facet.

In late Might, Hamas reportedly rejected an supply put ahead by U.S. emissary Steve Witkoff. It could have seen the gradual launch of hostages together with the IDF pulling again from many elements of Gaza. It additionally would have frozen the warfare for 60 days.

<img loading="lazy" alt="Supporters of hostages held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas protest for the release of all hostages outside the headquarters of the Likud Party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 21, 2025." srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570394.1750879712!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostages.JPG?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570394.1750879712!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostages.JPG?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570394.1750879712!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostages.JPG?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570394.1750879712!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostages.JPG?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570394.1750879712!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostages.JPG?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570394.1750879712!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostages.JPG?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.4993646759847523" data-cy="image-img"/> Supporters of hostages held in Gaza protest for his or her launch, exterior the headquarters of the Likud Celebration in Tel Aviv on June 21. (Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters) Hamas has been constant in its calls for for a everlasting finish to the combating. Whereas the group denied rejecting the proposal outright, it did stipulate unspecified adjustments that Witkoff known as unacceptable.

Qatari negotiators have reportedly been holding oblique talks with each Israel and Hamas to see what, if something, has modified of their place.

Discouragement in Gaza In Gaza, the place most individuals now stay in tents and simply discovering sufficient meals has develop into a each day battle, most of those that spoke to CBC Information videographer Mohamed El Saife mentioned that they had lived via too many failed ceasefire efforts to have a lot hope.

"We're left behind and nobody is taking note of us," mentioned 29-year-old Bakr Awda.

<img loading="lazy" alt="Palestinians in Khan Younis trek to one of only a handful of food distribution sites, amid vast devastation from Israeli attacks." srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570403.1750879705!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bleak.jpeg?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570403.1750879705!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bleak.jpeg?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570403.1750879705!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bleak.jpeg?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570403.1750879705!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bleak.jpeg?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570403.1750879705!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bleak.jpeg?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570403.1750879705!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bleak.jpeg?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.7771084337349397" data-cy="image-img"/> Palestinians in Khan Younis trek to one in all solely a handful of meals distribution websites, amid huge devastation from Israeli assaults. (Mohamed El Saife/CBC Information) "The negotiations are for nothing, they arrive and go and so they do not add something," mentioned 24-year-old Abdul Hafez Saleh.

Nonetheless, President Mahmoud Abbas, the pinnacle of the Palestinian Authority, mentioned he believes there's a window to make a deal in Gaza if Trump personally intervenes, as he did with the Iran-Israel ceasefire.

Inner strain for Netanyahu Netanyahu is going through strain from inside and outdoors the nation to carry the warfare in Gaza to a long-overdue conclusion.

Amongst those that have pushed hardest are the relations of a few of these held by Hamas.

As many as 25 hostages are believed to be alive in Gaza. Inside hours of the Iran ceasefire, lots of their relations have been urging Israel's prime minister to increase it to Gaza.

<img loading="lazy" alt="A person touches the coffin of Yonatan Samerano who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas and killed in Gaza, and whose body was recovered recently, during his funeral, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 24, 2025." srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570397.1750879667!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostage-funeral.JPG?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570397.1750879667!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostage-funeral.JPG?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570397.1750879667!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostage-funeral.JPG?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570397.1750879667!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostage-funeral.JPG?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570397.1750879667!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostage-funeral.JPG?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570397.1750879667!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-hostage-funeral.JPG?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.5384615384615385" data-cy="image-img"/> An individual touches the coffin of Yonatan Samerano, who was kidnapped throughout the lethal Oct. 7 assault on Israel by Hamas and killed in Gaza, and whose physique was recovered lately, throughout his funeral in Tel Aviv on June 24. (Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters) "To conclude this decisive operation in opposition to Iran with out leveraging our success to carry residence all of the hostages could be a grave failure," mentioned a gaggle of the hostages' households.

Critics on Israel's left accuse Netanyahu of protecting the warfare going to make sure the help of far-right teams within the Knesset, so he would not lose his majority and face an election. Netanyahu can also be at present on trial going through three corruption-related expenses.

His authorities has beforehand mentioned the prime directives are nonetheless to free the hostages, destroy Hamas and guarantee militants in Gaza not pose a menace. But it surely has by no means spelled out exactly when these circumstances could be thought-about met.

Exterior strain A few of Israel's conventional allies within the West, together with Canada, are additionally making use of strain to finish the warfare.

A number of governments, together with Canada's, have condemned Israel's actions in Gaza — together with slicing off most meals and support deliveries for nearly three months — saying the denial of such humanitarian help is a breach of worldwide legislation.

Notably, Palestinian struggling in Gaza isn't mentioned on Israeli tv or by authorities officers.

<img loading="lazy" alt="A man holding a placard reading "Stop the massacre in Gaza" attends a demonstration organised by several French labour unions and French left-wing political parties in support of Palestinians in Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for unhindered access for humanitarian aid, as part of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, June 14, 2025. " srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570392.1750879748!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-france.JPG?im=Resize%3D300 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570392.1750879748!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-france.JPG?im=Resize%3D460 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570392.1750879748!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-france.JPG?im=Resize%3D620 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570392.1750879748!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-france.JPG?im=Resize%3D780 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570392.1750879748!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-france.JPG?im=Resize%3D1180 1180w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7570392.1750879748!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/israel-palestinians-gaza-france.JPG?im=" style="aspect-ratio:1.4993646759847523" data-cy="image-img"/> A person attends an indication organized by a number of French labour unions and left-wing political events in help of Palestinians in Gaza, on the Place de la Republique in Paris on June 14. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters) Certainly, Israel's authorities has accused the United Nations, worldwide support businesses and lots of non-public humanitarian teams of antisemitism for contradicting its narrative over how the warfare is being fought.

In contrast to with Iran, the place most Israelis have been absolutely supportive of the assaults, the longer the warfare in Gaza continues, the extra polarizing it seems to get with the Israeli public.

On the identical time, members of Israel's authorities, which incorporates influential members of far-right events, brazenly and repeatedly counsel that destroying buildings in Gaza and herding individuals into tiny parcels of land might be step one within the mass displacement of Palestinians to pave the best way for brand new Jewish settlements — tantamount to ethnic cleaning.

Warfare aims On Israel's Channel 12, a Tuesday morning panel criticized what it seen as Israel's lack of clear warfare objectives.

"I feel that over the past 12 days, we might have been blinded by the glint of victory — a lot in order that our pupils shrank, and we stopped seeing that behind all of it, there are nonetheless 50 hostages," mentioned Gilad Shalmor, one of many channel's prime correspondents, who included in his rely hostages already believed to be lifeless.

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"I do not imagine there can be elections earlier than the decision of the Gaza hostage state of affairs and the Hamas state of affairs," mentioned Diker.