Day 1,924: batter, outwit

Now that axis is reeling: Israel has battered Hamas’s military wing in Gaza and outwitted Hizbullah.

The year that shattered the Middle East

Artwork of the day 
Woman battered with a cane
Francisco_Goya
Original Title: Mujer maltratada con un bastón
Date: c.1796 - c.1797
Style: Romanticism
Series: Album of Madrid
Genre: genre painting
Media: wash, ink, paper

Word of the day 
batter: to hit and behave violently towards a person repeatedly over a long period of time:
outwit: to get an advantage over someone by acting more cleverly and often by using a trick:

Quote of the day
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life”

― Jack Kerouac, On the Road