The New York Times quoted military analysts and Israeli soldiers as saying that its guerrilla tactics Al-Qassam Brigades The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) in the north Gaza Strip Makes it difficult to defeat.
The sources said that Hamas possesses enough fighters and ammunition to “engage Israel in a slow, winless war,” as they put it.
She pointed out that what she described as hit-and-run tactics allowed Hamas to harm Israel and avoid defeat.
The New York Times explained that Hamas' killing of an Israeli army brigade commander in northern Gaza on Sunday confirmed that the movement's military wing, despite its inability to operate as a traditional army, is still leading a strong guerrilla war.
She pointed out that the sudden attack in which the senior Israeli officer was killed shows how Hamas has held out for nearly a year since Israel invaded Gaza in late last October, and is likely to be able to do so even after the martyrdom of the head of its political bureau. Yahya Al-Sanwar In a confrontation with occupation soldiers last week.
Israeli analysts and soldiers say, according to the New York Times, that remaining Hamas fighters are hiding out of sight in destroyed buildings and a massive network of underground tunnels, many of which remain intact despite Israel's efforts to destroy them.
These statements come in light of the losses suffered by the occupation forces in the northern Gaza Strip and their inability for weeks to resolve the battle with resistance fighters despite the stifling siege and the use of civilians as human shields.
The Israeli occupation army announced on Sunday the killing of a commander Brigade 401 Colonel Ihsan Daqsa and another officer was seriously injured in battles in Jabalia North Gaza StripThis is the highest rank killed since the beginning of the ground invasion of the Strip a year ago.
Israeli Army Radio said that Colonel Daqsa was accompanied by 3 other officers in two tanks inside Jabalia in the battle zone, and added that he and the officers left the tanks 20 meters away, and while they were moving, an explosive device was detonated on them.
The radio continued that the incident in which Colonel Daqsa was killed and 3 officers were injured, including the deputy commander of the 162nd Division and the commander of the 52nd Battalion, noting that Colonel Daqsa was among 4 colonels killed since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7 last.