Seven months following the Israeli offensive, Hamas is still far from defeated, raising fears in Israel that it is heading for a perpetual war, the US newspaper Wall Street General reported.
Although Israel maintains that a major ground operation in Rafah is necessary to eliminate the organization, it has been on target for seven months. agitation It does not appear to be completely wiped out.
The Wall Street Journal has said that the organization’s adoption of guerrilla tactics has created fears of a never-ending war in Israel.
The news said that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s goal of completely eliminating Hamas still seems too difficult, and there is no satisfactory answer to the question of how Gaza can be governed without Hamas.
Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the United States, has the power to survive and attack, with its network of tunnels, the militants’ extensive social influence.
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An Israeli soldier from the 98th Commando Division, serving in the Jabalia refugee camp, said that Hamas is conducting more aggressive attacks and is being targeted with anti-tank weapons.
The report also said that Israel, which had directed its troops to advance south of Gaza towards Rafah, was dealing with a ‘hit and run’ strategy in the relatively quiet areas in the north.
Joost Hilterman is the Middle East and North Africa program director at the Brussels-based International Crisis Group. He comments on this situation that ‘Hamas is everywhere in Gaza. They are far from defeated.’
According to the Washington Post, US and Israeli officials have offered blunt assessments of Hamas’s strength and Netanyahu’s failure to plan for Gaza following the war. At a time when Hamas is retreating north, Israel’s endgame in Gaza is nowhere in sight.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that US intelligence and Israeli officials consider it impossible to completely destroy Hamas.
The statement said that this awareness was the reason why the organization did not back down in the ceasefire negotiations despite threats of a massive operation once morest Rafah.
Former head of Israel’s military intelligence unit, Tamir Hayman, says: ‘Even if you erase terrorist acts and social structures, the sense of Islamic brotherhood, ideological and religious factors remain. These are not things that can be done away with.’
According to Palestinian officials, more than 35,000 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli operations since the October 7 attacks.
According to Tel Aviv estimates, 36 of the 128 prisoners held by Hamas in Gaza have lost their lives.
According to the Hamas newspaper, it is using ‘hit-and-run’ tactics and small groups of fighters to fight for ‘months, if not years’.
American President Joe Biden also believes that a major Rafah operation by Israel will not achieve its goal of defeating Hamas in Gaza.
White House spokesman John Kirby said in a briefing in recent days: ‘The attack in Rafah will not achieve that goal.’
John Kirby said Israel has put significant pressure on Hamas and that the group’s leadership now has better ways to pursue what’s left than putting civilians at risk.
A senior Israeli official said last Thursday that the current round of talks in Cairo on a possible hostage release deal had ended without a clear resolution to the differences. The official said Israel would proceed with its operation in Rafah as planned.
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2024-07-12 23:36:53