Hamas has not lost the conflict and neither has Israel triumphed in it

Israel has not won the war it launched in Gaza. And Hamas has not lost it. That is the truth which has emerged in all these weeks of Israeli bombardment of the enclave. No fewer than 15,000 Palestinians have perished through the relentless Israeli raids on homes and hospitals and schools in Gaza. As many 8,000 children have died in the conflict. In Israel, more than 1,400 people were killed when Hamas launched its attack in early October.