Hamas calls every war a “victory,” no matter how much devastation they suffer. This time is no different—celebrations erupted in Gaza even as the rubble settled. But history tells a different story. In Shemot, Pharaoh refused to admit defeat, convinced that his defiance was power. In the end, he stood alone, and witnessed the wreckage of his own making. Rabbi Dunner shows how Hamas is following the same doomed path.
