Israel has routed its enemies across the region but has yet to return all its hostages from the Gaza Strip. Hamas appears to have been decimated militarily but has kept up insurgent attacks. Gaza is in ruins and experts say it is sliding into famine, and long-running ceasefire talks seem to have broken down.

Israel’s plan to take military control of the entirety of Gaza has raised a long list of questions and uncertainties in an escalation of its war with Hamas.