(CNN) -- As the dust settled over Gaza and Israel on Thursday amid relative calm, analysts were weighing who were the winners and losers from the conflict. How do the main players in the region now stack up? Israel: The conflict represents a qualified victory for the country and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to CNN's Paula Newton. "Just months before an election, Netanyahu's government targeted and killed Hamas' military leader, Ahmed al-Jaabari. Hundreds of airstrikes on Gaza followed, but, the real victory was possibly the combat debut of Iron Dome, the U.S.-funded defense shield that kept dozens of Hamas rockets from hitting Israeli civilians."
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Analysts consider who are winners and losers from latest Mideast conflict
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Conflict represents qualified victory for Israel's PM Netanyahu, says Paula Newton
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Hamas has emerged emboldened from conflict and its truce, observers say
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Egypt's Morsy has proved he has leverage necessary to bring Hamas to the table
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