Israeli military analyst Amos Harel predicted on Tuesday that the Israeli war on Gaza will end without achieving its goals, adding that defeating the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is not currently possible, amid the occupation army’s continued losses during its ground operation in the Strip.
This came in an analysis published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, in which he said that there are no indications that the Hamas movement is close to collapse, and the movement’s resistance is still fierce in some areas, as he put it.
Harel confirmed that pictures of those killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip are published daily, most of whom are reserve soldiers.
“Goals will not be achieved”
Harel considered that the Israeli army’s promises to eliminate the Hamas movement, return all detainees, rebuild all destroyed border settlements and remove the security threat from them, are ambitious goals, some of which will clearly not be achieved, according to him.
The Israeli analyst added that Tel Aviv would accept not achieving the goals of its war on Gaza under American pressure.
He also said that the impact of the enormous and rapidly increasing economic difficulties facing Israel, and the burden on reservists, could all contribute to shortening the duration of the intensive operation inside Gaza.
Harel stressed that Israel’s failure to achieve the goals of the war on Gaza will put it facing a problem, as a large portion of Israelis believe that liberating detainees should be the government’s top priority, and that any delay in returning them is tantamount to a major failure, in addition to the fact that the Israelis are demanding the elimination of the movement. agitation.
Last Friday, Politico website quoted 3 Israeli officials as saying that the administration of US President Joe Biden had given Israel until the end of the year to end its war in Gaza, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman said that the war in Gaza could be ended “on the condition that the leaders of the movement are handed over.” Hamas themselves for the Israeli army, and the return of prisoners from Gaza.”
It is noteworthy that the announced number of deaths of the Israeli army in Gaza has reached 110 since the beginning of the ground campaign in the Strip on October 26, including 39 killed since the end of the truce 11 days ago. The total number has also risen to 435 soldiers and officers killed since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. On the seventh of last October.
The Israeli media reports that about 5,000 soldiers were injured in battles in the Gaza Strip, and says that there is a large gap between the numbers of wounded announced by the army compared to the partial lists announced by hospitals.
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2023-12-12 14:40:05
