10/07/25 Afternoon CommStock Report – Picking Up Where I Left Off on the War in Gaza

It has been a while since I have updated my shared thoughts on the Mid-East. Where I left off some time ago is that I expected that Israel would follow through on its vow to destroy Hamas no matter how much collateral damage it caused in Gaza. As predicted, the Palestinians have paid a horrible human price as a shield for Hamas and as predicted it did not give Israel pause to stop. I said that I expected that Israel would lose the public relations battle but act undeterred to achieve its main objective. They went so far as to attempt to kill Hamas leaders in Qatar which failed. President Trump is publicly all over the place seemingly on both sides when convenient, offering suggestions, some of which are fanciful, for how to reinvent Gaza. He jumped into the forefront when the opportunity presented itself to strike Iranian nuclear assets. He will superficially criticize Bibi Netanyahu when it means little and supports him when it militarily means a lot. Trump opposes recognizing a Palestinian state in Gaza now being promoted by other western nations. Hamas still holds hostages, dead and alive, a major bargaining chip, taken in their October 2023…