The military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, said that the past three days witnessed two major battles in the northern Gaza Strip, which refutes the statements of the occupation leaders about dismantling the military frameworks of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the region and confirms American leaks about Israel’s move away from achieving its war goals.
During his analysis for Tel Aviv Tribune, Al-Duwairi stated that the northern sector witnessed two battles over the past few days. The first was the entry of the occupation forces into the east of the Al-Tuffah and Al-Daraj neighborhoods in Gaza City, which revealed a different military approach as the occupation army tries to control crucial areas of tactical value.
He pointed out that the second battle is taking place east of Jabalia camp, despite the intense fire barriers and violent artillery shelling, adding that the defensive battle of the resistance factions is still being managed efficiently and effectively despite the huge difference in military capabilities.
The strategic expert returned to the defense system that was followed by the Al-Qassam Brigades – the military arm of the Hamas movement – before the Israeli ground operation late last October, which was based on the presence of two brigades (Gaza and the North), which included brigades based on regional and geographic defense.
He added that the statements of the occupation leaders, long after the Gaza battles, were conflicting and contained “arrogance and self-deception,” but the statement of Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy about “Al-Qassam’s ability to restore its combat structure in the northern Gaza Strip, which requires an expanded operation,” was the most truthful among them.
In this context, Al-Duwairi explained that Al-Qassam reorganized and rehabilitated its brigades after the martyrdom of some of its leaders and appointed others, and modified its defensive frameworks, such as expanding the mission of the Shujaiya Battalion to defend the region and parts of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood and others in redrawing the defensive map.
It is noteworthy that the American newspaper “Wall Street Journal” – citing sources in American intelligence – said that Israel is very far from “destroying the Hamas movement”, despite its army killing between 20 and 30% of the movement’s fighters since last October 7.
The American newspaper quoted these sources as saying that Hamas “has enough ammunition to attack Israel and its forces for several months,” and that it has changed its tactics against Israeli attacks, and that its fighters carried out operations in small groups and set up ambushes for Israeli forces.
