Hamas still retains much of its strength

Khabarni – The Al-Monitor website states that despite the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip since October 7, Israeli leaders admit that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is still far from the point of collapse despite the destruction of infrastructure in the Strip northern.

A high-level Israeli military source told Al-Monitor — who requested anonymity — that the movement still retains much of its strength.

He added that the movement’s fighters hide underground and can move between the south and north of the Gaza Strip through the vast network of tunnels that Hamas has dug under Gaza.

The Israeli official said Hamas’ command structure had borne the brunt of the damage so far, while most of the movement’s fighters, estimated at 20,000, were not injured.

Military experts believe that eliminating Hamas is not an easy matter from a military point of view, because the resistance factions are still capable of fighting and, according to some analysts, it could take months and perhaps even years.

The Wall Street Journal cited an informed source as saying that the US intelligence community doubts Israel’s ability to achieve its stated military goal of eliminating the Hamas movement.

The source added that the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip may cause damage to the Hamas movement and its infrastructure, but will not be able to eliminate Hamas ideology.

For 36 days, the Israeli occupation army has been waging an air, land and sea war against Gaza, during which it has destroyed residential neighborhoods as well as residents, killing 11,78 Palestinians, including 4,506 children, 3,027 women and 678 elderly people. people and 27,490 were injured with various injuries, according to official sources.