Israel provides electricity, water, and passage to Gaza, but also maintains a siege intended to prevent imports of larger, more lethal weapons. Israeli leaders were aware of Hamas’s buildup of medium-range missiles, mostly smuggled through Sinai in underground tunnels, but continue to argue that, absent the siege, Iran and others would supply more (and more sophisticated) weapons.
在内塔尼亚胡看来，加沙问题不存在令人满意的解决方案。他的目标是获得并维持边境和平。以色列向加沙提供电力、水和通道，但也维持包围之势，组织更大型、更致命的武器进入。以色列领导人知道哈马斯有中程导弹（主要通过西奈地下渠道走私进入），但他们仍然指出，不对加沙进行包围，伊朗和其他国家就会提供更多更先进的武器。