Israel is not confident that the state will have enough time to eliminate all forces of the Palestinian Hamas movement. This was reported by New York Times He cited a senior Israeli military official.
He emphasized that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will take control of Gaza. But he could not refrain from expressing confidence that Jerusalem would have enough time to root out all Hamas forces.
The publication emphasizes that the Israeli leadership believes it could take months to eliminate the movement.
Previously Israeli President Isaac Herzog statedIsrael will continue to fight the Palestinian radical movement Hamas to the end, despite the suffering of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flared up.