One year after the Al-Aqsa storm, Israel is still being hit by the resistance

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted by Russia Elium, despite the fact that a whole year has passed since the war that started after the “Aqsa Storm” operation It was started by Hamas forces in the south of the occupied territories, but the Zionist regime is still miles away from defeating Hamas, contrary to its baseless claims.

This is the conclusion of a detailed report that was prepared with statistics and figures by the website “acleddata” and written by Amine. Mohfar and Nasser Khadour, two Middle Eastern scholars, have been published.

These two experts wrote on October 6, 2024, it is true that “Hamas is militarily weakened after a year of war, but Israel is still far from being destroyed.” has A year has passed since the beginning of Israel’s war against Gaza, after the deadly attack of Hamas on the occupied territories on October 7, Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise of complete victory and destruction of Hamas as a threat to Israel has not been fulfilled.

According to the findings of this report, “while Zionist officials claim that Hamas no longer exists as a military force in Gaza, the data shows that Hamas still has some capabilities It maintains its operations and continues to confront Israel throughout the Gaza Strip. At the same time, Hamas has increased its military activities in the West Bank. Given the Israeli military’s recent focus on countering Hezbollah in the north and the lack of prospects for a cease-fire in Gaza, Hamas remains an important player in Palestine, although its military capabilities have declined and Palestinian casualties in Gaza have been high.

These two researchers, citing statistics, note that the Hamas movement “still retains almost half of its forces.” Israel claims to have killed 17,000 armed forces out of 25,000 to 30,000 Hamas forces, but more accurate reports indicate that only about 8,500 of these forces were killed.

They also point out that this figure includes the armed forces of other resistance groups and perhaps civilian members of Hamas.

This report states that despite the claims of the Zionist regime that most of the 24 Gane battalions of Hamas have been disbanded. As well as the death of dozens of its main commanders, “Hamas has been able to rebuild its ranks. This has forced the Israeli army to carry out smaller ground attacks to prevent Hamas from fully returning to the field. Armed conflicts have continued in these areas with different intensities.”

These two researchers mention that “between February and September, Israeli ground forces carried out at least five small attacks on the neighborhood of Zeitoun in Gaza City in the northern axis Netsarim, where the Israeli army had established its bases and command centers. Also in Rafah, after the Israeli army announced on September 12 that the Rafah brigade of Hamas destroyed and took control, Hamas resumed its activities in the east of Rafah.”

They added that Hamas forces have increasingly turned to guerrilla warfare tactics and ambushed Zionist forces with explosives.

These two researchers point out that the Hamas movement is trying to increase its chances of survival. This issue has been covered in more detail by the Washington Post, citing sources from within the movement.

This newspaper quotes from one of the sources that Yahya Al-Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, “even Before the start of the conflict, he tried to enable Hamas to produce its own weapons and explosives and to carry out complex operations involving thousands of people and maintaining complete secrecy.

The newspaper reported that “subsequent investigations revealed that Hamas, despite years of isolation, had acquired an astonishing arsenal of rockets, explosives and small arms.” and at the same time create financial and defense networks that have allowed this group to resist for months against one of the most powerful armies in the world.”

The Washington Post noted that the tunnels in the Gaza Strip were “the biggest surprise for the Israeli military.” This newspaper quoted a Zionist officer as saying that “they made their way through shelters that were 10 meters below the streets of Gaza and discovered new tunnels at a depth of about 40 meters.”

A former US counterterrorism official who visited the Gaza tunnels told The Washington Post: “Their eyes were swollen shut. They had no idea of ​​this labyrinth. Can you imagine a 150 km tunnel? The reality was many times bigger.”

The Washington Post also reported that the “Palestinian Group’s tunnels” system apparently stretches for about 500 kilometers, longer than the New York subway and about the distance from Tel Aviv to the south. It is Turkey.

Major General Dan Goldfuss, the commander of the 98th Zionist Brigade, said about the Hamas tunnels: “This is a The large network is integrated, which you can enter from the intersection of Ariz (in the north of the occupied territories) and from Rafah exit (at the Egyptian border). Everything there is connected to everything else.”