After war, what?

Israel has vowed to crush Hamas’s ability to govern Gaza or threaten Israel. But it has said little about who would govern Gaza afterwards.

In congressional testimony Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested that “it would make the most sense” for President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority to govern and have security responsibility for Gaza.

Hamas drove the authority’s forces out of Gaza in heavy fighting in 2007, leaving it with limited control over parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Palestinian support for the authority has plunged, with many dismissing it as little more than Israel's police force because it helps suppress militant groups while unable to prevent the spread of settlements in the West Bank. (AP)