Peacekeepers, Fatah or anarchy: what would follow an Israeli ‘victory’ in Gaza?

Israel's dilemma is that destroying Hamas would leave a power vacuum

For two weeks Israel has pounded Gaza with missiles, as it gathers tanks and troops for a ground invasion with one stated goal, to destroy Hamas.

It is a deceptively simple target, one which sounds urgent and necessary to many in a nation profoundly traumatised by the massacres of 7 October, hoping to reclaim their sense of security, and a military determined to restore its damaged authority.