Israel’s Plan to Destroy Hamas

<p>For years, Israel’s leaders believed that they could coexist with Hamas. After this weekend’s massacre, that belief is over.</p><p>Steven Erlanger, a former Jerusalem bureau chief at The New York Times, explains what Israel’s plan to destroy Hamas will mean for Palestinians and Israelis.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/steven-erlanger?smid=pc-thedaily">Steven Erlanger</a>, the chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The attack ended Israel’s hope that Hamas might come to embrace stability. Now senior Israeli officials<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/world/middleeast/hamas-gaza-israel.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> say that Hamas must be crushed</a>.</li><li>Follow The Times’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/11/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas?smid=pc-thedaily"> latest updates on the Israel-Gaza war</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>