The world should help Israel succeed in swiftly destroying Hamas as a fighting force.
Jessica Karl is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author of the Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter.
A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 12, 2023.
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