blow to the tail of the snake; An analysis of Hamas’ war strategy in Rafah

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the Zionist regime entered reached Rafah, and by publishing Hollywood images of their tanks entering the Rafah border crossing, it instilled the message that the Gaza war had been won, this concern was created among some sympathizers of the resistance: So where are the Ezzeddin Qassam and Saraya al-Aqsa battalions?

Of course, this concern is not unprecedented, and when the Zionists entered Gaza from Omar Mukhtar Street and reached the West Bank from Al-Rashid Street, or when the tanks of this regime moved in Khan Yunis, this question with the hashtag “#اين_المقاومة” was raised by user accounts of supporters of normalization with the Zionist regime.

Apart from the media propaganda of the cyber army and anti-resistance trolls, in the field of resistance, considering the surrounding geography of Gaza, which is uncomplicated Naturally, he decided to choose an irregular battle strategy instead of a classic battle. In this framework, instead of creating a defensive line, he chose a mosaic defense strategy (defence in every neighborhood) to take time away from the Zionists by giving ground.

In this framework, the resistance forces after the Zionists entered the areas preventing the stabilization of the forces become Zionists and to achieve this goal, instead of engaging with the front of the armored and commando brigades of the Zionist regime, they attack the enemy’s rear outside the neighborhoods through tunnels to force them to retreat by taking casualties.

Within the framework of the “strike at the tail of the snake” strategy, after the forces of the 162nd Armored Brigade of the Zionist regime, who were responsible for starting the operation to enter Rafah, the Ezzeddin Qassam Aqaba battalions of this brigade, located in the Ghafal region of the southeast of Gaza, In the Eshkol region (near the towns of Sofa, Deirashaq and Hobbit), this attack was the biggest missile attack inside the occupied territories after the Al-Aqsa storm operation on the 7th of October 2023.

Also, 24 hours after the arrival of the 162nd Brigade, the resistance forces also fired 14 rockets inside Gaza. Al-Rajm targeted the positions of the enemy forces stationed inside the Rafah border crossing, which resulted in the death of three and wounding of 10 Zionist soldiers.

On the other hand, the resistance forces were confused The Zionists, in a geographical surprise, started attacks from the north of Gaza again, while the Israelis expected that after occupying the northern areas of Gaza, the attacks of the Palestinian resistance would be prepared only from the south of Gaza, while the battalions Izzedin Qassam and Saraya Al-Quds carried out targeted attacks on the enemy’s armored units in Jabalia and Hay Al-Zitoun, which led to the destruction of at least 10 Zionist tanks.

This shows that, contrary to the Zionist media propaganda about an easy victory in Rafah, how the resistance forces, using guerrilla tactics, The expensive army has grounded the Zionist regime.

During the last 8 months, the Islamic resistance of Lebanon also forced the Zionist units to retreat and evacuate the border areas and towns in the north of the occupied territories with the same model of battle in the northern front, but the task will be more difficult in the south; Because one of Netanyahu’s main goals is to use the victory of his troops in Rafah as a leverage in Cairo negotiations. Do not allow the Zionists to put pressure on them in the negotiations, it is not far from the expectation that the failure of the Zionists in the battle of Rafah will be the prelude to accepting the cessation of war and the developments after that, especially the beginning of the prisoner exchange operation between the parties.

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