Israel Fails to Achieve Goal of Destroying Hamas: US Intelligence Report

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According to the US intelligence report, Israel has failed to achieve the goal of destroying Hamas, despite air and ground operations and massive destruction in Gaza.


According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, US intelligence agencies have confirmed that Hamas still has the ammunition to continue fighting for months and can still fire rockets into Israel with the fighting in Gaza. It has been admitted that during the war on Gaza, the goal of destroying Hamas could not be achieved.


According to the newspaper, US officials have confirmed that Hamas officials have also returned to the areas that Israel claims are now under its control. Hamas is present in these areas in the form of personnel providing security and emergency services.


According to the Wall Street Journal, Israeli officials acknowledged that Hamas members are adapting to the situation and that their strategy is now to fight in small groups and ambush Israeli soldiers and disappear.


Former US General Joseph Votel told the newspaper that the situation shows that Hamas is capable of fighting more despite the losses.


According to the newspaper, American intelligence agencies estimate that since the beginning of the war, Hamas has lost 20 to 30 percent of its fighters. It is estimated that Hamas had 25,000 to 30,000 fighters before the war, in addition to thousands of police officers and others. There were forces.


It should be remembered that Israel has been relentlessly attacking Gaza with its savage weapons and bombarding it for the past 107 days.


The number of Palestinian martyrs in Israeli attacks has exceeded 25 thousand, while more than 62 thousand are injured. Millions of homeless Palestinians are suffering from severe shortage of food and medicine.