The Palestinian resistance shows through its qualitative operations against the occupation army that it is a difficult figure in the equation of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, and it cannot be marginalized let alone written off, which is what was indicated by political and military analysts who spoke to the program “Gaza… What Next?”
In response to the Israeli massacres against Palestinian civilians, the Palestinian resistance factions in recent weeks have intensified their targeting of the occupation army, especially in Jabalia and Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip and in Rafah in the southern Strip, which confirms – as military and strategic expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi says – that the resistance does not You still control the control and management of the battle.
This does not seem surprising to Major General Al-Duwairi, because the resistance fighters do not conduct their battle with the occupation using traditional methods of warfare. Rather, they think differently and make their decisions outside the traditional military style, and they are not graduates of military schools.
However, what the resistance factions are doing in Gaza is a shock to the Israelis, according to the academic and expert on Israeli affairs, Dr. Muhannad Mustafa, as they have come to realize that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is still in existence and has the capabilities and ability to launch rockets.
Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the Izz al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Hamas movement – announced that its fighters were able to capture Israeli soldiers after they were lured into a tunnel. Pointing out that Hamas fighters carried out dozens of operations against Israeli forces over the course of more than two weeks in Rafah and Beit Hanoun.
A bloc of Israelis have become convinced – Mustafa adds – that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot subjugate Hamas in his war on Gaza, and they doubt the possibility of achieving the “overwhelming victory” that he promised.
The academic believes – in his interview with the program “Gaza: What Next?” – that the Israelis are now facing two paths: either going to a prisoner exchange deal with the Palestinian resistance, or developing a strategic and political plan for the day after the war.
In the same context, he points out that the security and military establishment supports going for an exchange deal and stopping the war, but Netanyahu rejects that and wants to buy time in light of the developments taking place, especially after the decisions of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court regarding Israel and the recognition of the Palestinian state by some countries.
He said that internal pressure is increasing on Netanyahu, and that demonstrators and opponents are now demanding his ouster in order to go to a prisoner exchange deal.
Continuous power
Commenting on what Channel 12 reported from officials about Israel’s readiness to discuss the possibility of achieving continued calm in Gaza, within the framework of the exchange deal discussions, Al-Duwairi said that this is because the negotiations are based on field performance.
Hamas leader Osama Hamdan had previously confirmed to Tel Aviv Tribune that the resistance “does not need new negotiations, and what is clearly required is the immediate Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and that all aggression stop.”
In this context, Benjamin Friedman, professor of international security at George Washington University, confirmed the failure of Israel’s attempts to pressure Hamas through the Rafah operation, acknowledging that Hamas has demonstrated through rocket launches and the capture of soldiers that it is a continuous and ongoing force that cannot be eliminated or ended.
Regarding the possibility of the United States putting pressure on Israel this time to stop the war in Gaza, the American guest doubted the possibility of that happening, and said that Washington is not prepared to do more than what it did, indicating that the current administration is afraid that Republicans and former President Donald Trump will accuse it of supporting the Palestinians. .