A senior defense ministry official says that the next confrontation with Hamas in Gaza will be the last — because after that, Hamas will cease to be a ruling power in Gaza.

According to the source, Israel is not interested in a confrontation and the IDF will not engage in a “war by choice,” but at the end of the day, a clash with Hamas is inevitable.

In a press briefing, the senior defense official termed Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is the central problem Israel is dealing with. MORE