1/17/2024–|Last updated: 1/17/202405:57 PM (Mecca time)
The military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, mocked the airdrop operation carried out by the Israeli occupation army in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and said that the operation reflects its failure to impose its control over the region.
The Israeli occupation army announced – earlier – that it had carried out an airdrop for the 98th Division in Khan Yunis, which included weapons, equipment, fuel and food. Pictures published by the army showed the process of transferring equipment to warplanes.
Al-Duwairi compared airdrops throughout history to the operation carried out by the occupation in Khan Yunis, and said that airdrops were carried out in certain circumstances. For example, when Leningrad was besieged during World War II, it was only able to withstand an American airdrop that lasted for many months.
Al-Duwairi believes that the implementation of an airdrop operation in the Gaza Strip is ridiculous, and he said that there are field data that clarify its implications. What happened in the past two weeks in the Al-Qarara area (east of Khan Yunis) and its environs is that the combat operation failed and the Israeli forces retreated towards the Gaza Valley, and to The outskirts of Juhr al-Dik (central Gaza Strip) and the fence. He added that the occupation forces can enter certain areas, but they are unable to establish and impose control.
Al-Duwairi confirmed that the Israeli airdrop in Khan Yunis was to avoid losses, but it also indicated its lack of control over that area.
According to Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Elias Karam, this is the fifth time that the occupation army has carried out an airdrop in the Gaza areas.
The correspondent raised questions about the occupation’s need to carry out an airdrop in an area of a small area, suggesting that the Israeli army may face a logistical problem in transporting military equipment and the necessary needs of weapons, water and fuel due to the ferocity of the battles, and perhaps the routes taken by the Israeli supply convoys will be targeted by the resistance. Palestinians in Gaza.
