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Former generals admit Israel facing a ‘new Hamas’ in Gaza (en.mehrnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Socialism_Is_The_Alternative@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

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The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, announced that its fighters launched a surprise attack on Israeli forces southeast of Khan Yunis on Wednesday morning. According to the group, the fighters destroyed tanks, struck Israeli positions with mortars and explosive devices, and engaged soldiers in close-range combat inside residential buildings. A sniper also reportedly killed a Merkava 4 tank commander during the raid.

Retired Israeli major general Israel Ziv admitted in an interview on 103FM that the movement is reorganizing and regaining initiative.

“What we are seeing before our eyes is a new Hamas, a Hamas that is recovering. Hamas is reorganizing like it began—as a guerrilla organization,” he said, Maariv reported on Thursday.

His remarks echoed earlier warnings by retired major general Yitzhak Brik, who wrote in July that Hamas had already rebuilt to its pre-war strength. “Hamas now numbers about 40,000 resistance fighters, similar to its strength before the aggression began,” Brik wrote, adding that Israel’s soldiers face a “grim” reality.

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[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if Hamas is actually constrained more by limits on equipment quantity and ability to train new fighters. Because I have to imagine there’s quite a lot of Gazans who want to take up arms against the entity and feel they have nothing to lose.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

It would not surprise me if the fighters are mostly sent out of country for training. With the very close quarters fighting and just incredibly gutsy ambushes they constantly successfully pull off, they can't afford to have green troops trying to learn on the job and getting an entire assault or ambush team killed.