Hamas was established almost 37 years ago. Independent as a terrorist entity since 2006 in the Gaza Strip with arms sent to Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Qatar.
Whoever expected that an extreme Islamic fundamentalist idea that became a painful reality, would be eliminated within 3 months - is living in a virtual reality.
All the complaints and advice of reporters, strategic consultants and all kinds of retired European generals come from a place of ignorance and misunderstanding of how the Muslim world works in general and the extremists within it in particular.
Hamas is an idea and a way, and so are the PIJ, and Fatah, and in order to attack it, you need to plan moves that are also conceptual, intelligence and strategic and not choose the path of money bags (from Qatar), work for workers and the introduction of goods.
Only a hungry and thirsty person will eventually appreciate the hand that feeds him and not the one that takes from him and lives at his expense.
Source: Eran Malka