The military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, said that the method of managing the battle in the northern Gaza Strip differed significantly, as the defensive approach of the resistance became based on lone wolves undertaking the task of monitoring and passing information to reach movement and fire, while he described the Israeli-discovered tunnel in Khan Yunis in the south as for public service purposes. .
During his analysis for Tel Aviv Tribune, Al-Duwairi explained that the first approach was based on large-scale attacks by pushing the occupation forces deep into Gaza City, but now the number has become limited at its highest level and is estimated at a brigade.
He pointed out that the battle now boils down to a battle of movement, as the occupation seeks to make incursions, and the speed of its movement depends on the corresponding measures taken by lone wolves distributed over more than one region.
He pointed out that the mission of these wolves is to distract the invading occupation forces by distributing their members in a systematic manner consistent with the nature of the land, as areas have been prepared for luring and killing, adding that “if the occupation forces stop and retreat, they will be closed in, and if they advance, they will be confronted.”
“Unethical trade-off”
Regarding what was reported by the Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth”, 130 Israeli commanders and officers who participated in the Gaza war sent a letter to the Council of Ministers and the Chief of Staff, in which they demanded rejecting the return of the displaced to the northern Gaza Strip before the return of the prisoners. Al-Duwairi described the step as an “immoral barter.”
Al-Duwairi explained that the message expresses the state of crisis that the occupation has reached, and includes the conviction that it will not be able to defeat the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) militarily, stressing that the systematic displacement process is still at the core of Israeli plans.
Satellite images
Al-Duwairi believes that the satellite images – which were broadcast by Al-Jazeera and showed small numbers of Israeli vehicles on the Gaza coastal strip – have limited implications and do not portend any future step, because they did not depict the positioning of the occupation army in the main areas.
The military expert stated that the main body of the occupation forces is located in the areas not covered by the pictures, as he said that it was supposed to focus on the Gaza Valley area, where there are two brigades, and which is a concentration area for forces, as well as the eastern area of Gaza City.
Khan Yunis Tunnel
As for the video published by the occupation army about a tunnel it discovered in Khan Yunis in the south, which it claimed was used to detain prisoners, Al-Duwairi described the tunnel as having good finishes, but it is classified as public service tunnels and not combat and strategic tunnels.
He added that this discovered tunnel does not lead to a network of branched tunnels that were built according to specific standards, and in which certain types do not overlap with other types, while he said that the Israeli march, which was controlled by the Al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of Hamas – will be used in reverse engineering to develop the Al-Zawari and Ababil marches.
Regarding what was reported by the Israeli media that the form of the battle in the Gaza Strip will change, Al-Duwairi pointed out that in the ongoing wars (the World War – the Vietnam War – the Afghanistan War – the Iraq War) it was necessary to make a change in the plans to fit the changes on the ground.
He stressed that the occupation army suffered an intelligence, operational and tactical failure in Gaza, as “failure” was the title of the Israeli intelligence work system despite the huge size of the forces in the Gaza Strip, pointing out that the goals of the war were not achieved, stressing that the military is the one who determines the change in the form of the battle.
As for expectations for the future of the Gaza battles, Al-Duwairi revealed that war is one of the means of politics, “and the one who controls the pace of the battles is the political decision, and the military implements the political decision, which in turn seeks to prolong the war.”
