The Palestinian resistance factions continue their qualitative operations against the Israeli army on various fronts of combat in the Gaza Strip, causing it heavy losses of life and equipment, which has made Israeli military leaders question the feasibility of continuing the war.
In this context, military and strategic expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi said that there is a large discrepancy in the performance of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza between previous battles and the current battles, speaking of a “fundamental change in the management of the battle.”
In previous battles, the resistance relied on repelling from the first moment from the first line of defense, which is the lines located on the outskirts of civilian areas, and fierce battles occurred, as a result of which the Israeli occupation forces retreated without completing the mission.
As for the current battles – Al-Duwairi adds in an analysis of the military scene in Gaza – there are very limited repelling and confrontation operations in the first defensive lines, where the resistance’s fighting forces withdraw and disappear underground and between buildings, allowing the occupation forces to enter, go deeper and open up, which is what is happening east of Rafah, south of Rafah. Gaza Strip and in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
He added that most of the operations carried out by resistance faction fighters in the current battles depend on sniping with Yassin shells or thunder bombs, or luring occupation soldiers and blowing up tunnel openings.
On the other hand, the military and strategic expert commented on what was stated by the former commander of the Gaza Division in the Israeli occupation army, General Gadi Shamani, that “the Israeli army is floundering in Gaza, and it is clear that Israel will not achieve its declared goals.”
Al-Duwairi said that the problem with the Israeli army is that it neglects the non-material factors in its current war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which are represented by the will, determination and skill that characterize the resistance fighters, stressing that such factors are what led to the defeat of the American army in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam.
