Seven weeks of war and a truce have demonstrated Israel is nowhere near its declared goal of eliminating Hamas, Al Jazeera reports.

If anything, by laying waste to much of Gaza City and, with it, the institutions of Hamas governance, Israel’s actions have only made the group more elusive.

It is time this reality is recognised in the halls of power in Washington.

The Biden administration must abandon unrealistic Israeli rhetoric about “ending Hamas” and embrace a more attainable political solution that factors in the movement’s survival.

Read the full analysis by Samer Badawi here.