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A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep into a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it.***As the Israeli Defense Forces continue to carry out a ground campaign in the Gaza Strip, questions are arising as to what the Palestinian enclave could look like after the end of the war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that his government will accept no less than the total destruction of Hamas, which governs Gaza, has said there will be a continued Israeli military presence in the area, and has rebuffed calls for the Palestinian Authority to assume control of the Gaza Strip. Countries including the United States and regional Arab powers, meanwhile, are trying to negotiate a post-war plan for Gaza that would see power handed to the Palestinian Authority. We asked four experts to tell us what they think could happen to Gaza after the end of the conflict.Read more below. Eyal Lurie-Pardes Visiting Fellow Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs Middle East InstituteAs the Israeli army is gaining effective control over the northern part of Gaza, the lack of a day-after-Hamas plan is becoming a more pressing issue. To dismantle Hamas’ governmental and military capabilities, which is the Israeli military objective, Israel plans to conquer the whole Gaza Strip. After accomplishing that, the Israeli government wishes to maintain permanent military control over Gaza without handling the civil life of Gazans. However, Israel and its allies have failed to present a coherent vision for who could take this civil responsibility. Among other things, Israel insists such an entity must meet a high standard of collaboration with Israel as a precondition to the transfer of governing