事实上，在对加沙地带进行了两年的封锁后，目前以色列的紧接着便采取了军事行动，而过去的封锁是为了摧毁哈马斯，但却没有取得成功。
Indeed, the current military operation follows Israel’s two-year blockade of Gaza, which was supposed to have damaged Hamas, but failed to do so.