[NOT A JOKE] Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said that Hamas fighters "are eliminated or in hiding" declares Hamas defeated, but sees years of fighting ahead
https://tass.com/world/1773319
TEL AVIV, April 10. /TASS/. While Hamas has been defeated on the battleground, Israel will need to send soldiers to fight Palestinian radicals in the Gaza Strip for years to come, Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said.
"From a military point of view Hamas is defeated. Its fighters are eliminated or in hiding," he said following a meeting of his National Unity party in the city of Sderot.
Still, it’s not the end of the battle for Israel, the minister said.
"Fighting against Hamas will take time. Boys who are now in middle school will still fight in the Gaza Strip, like in Judea and Samaria and against Lebanon," he went on to say.
The situation in the Middle East sharply escalated following an incursion of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, accompanied by killings of residents of Israeli settlements near the border and taking more than 200 hostages, including children, women and elderly people. Hamas cast the attack as a response to Israeli actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a complete siege of the Gaza Strip and started striking the enclave and parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.
So according to the Israeli government, Hamas is both strong and weak at the same time?
They're defeated, we're just going to have to keep fighting them for years
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When observed, they function more like a wave. When unobserved. They're more of a particle
Here’s an idea: maybe if Gaza wasn’t being turned into a genocidal open air prison by Israel, young Palestinian men wouldn’t be spurred to violence.
Boys who are now in middle school will still fight in the Gaza Strip
Hmmmmm, I wonder why that’s going to happen.
I always forget how early on that was, it was May 1st, 2003 when he did that stunt lmao
He wasn't wrong. The Halliburton and PMC contracts were already signed.
"Mission accomplished!" Israeli style
Bibi has been running this bullshit about Hamas militant "battalions" being eliminated everywhere except the south for weeks now. It's obvious propaganda to ease the minds of liberals "ok ok just let him bomb them super hard again and then it'll be over guys!"
Meanwhile while he's claiming victory the IOF loses a dozen soldiers in one fight a few days ago. That surely spells out "we are in control of this territory now." Surely they aren't fully and completely full of shit and lying... again.
Like who the fuck even believes a word from any Israeli gov or military person at this point. Literally everything the fuckers say is projection or a lie
"Middle school" must be a euphemism for their age group because I doubt there are many actually standing middle schools to go to
Oh it was a lot more than 4:
https://nitter.poast.org/ihcentoo/status/1777737394416230801
Israeli War Ministry issues statement it is not owned, denies reports it is shrinking into corn cob