October 7 changed this equation. “Mowing the lawn” was no longer enough, and neither was keeping the population blockaded in an open-air prison. The new stage of the Dahiya doctrine became the Gaza genocide. After two years of catastrophic civilian punishment, sustained by American financial and military largesse, Israel is now seeking to apply elements of its conduct in Gaza outside of Palestine’s borders. We now see this new doctrine, characterized by protracted wholesale annihilation, playing out in Lebanon and Iran.
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