The military and strategic expert, Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi, confirms that the occupation army suffers from a major shortage of military machinery and equipment, due to the valor of the resistance and its implementation of specific operations that greatly affected the occupation’s capabilities during the past period.
According to Al-Falahi, the occupation’s allocation of a large portion of American aid to purchase mechanical and armored parts indicates the significant shortage, which forced the occupation to use old Merkava 1, 2, and 3 tanks, due to the clear shortage in numbers of the Merkava 4 model.
Regarding the operational situation, the military expert spoke about an expansion of the military operation in northern Gaza, pointing to incursion attempts from Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, and the Al-Qasaib area towards the Al-Falujah area, which means almost the complete encirclement of the Jabalia camp.
He explained that the elevation of the Fallujah area above sea level makes it difficult for the occupation to control it, especially if resistance factions are stationed there.
Al-Falahi believed that the occupation’s goal in this operation was to enter the densely populated areas inside the Jabalia camp, so that his forces are now trying to penetrate from the south towards the Al-Qasasib area, as if he is working to encircle the camp from all directions, according to his opinion.
As for the central front, Al-Falahi indicated that the occupation forces deployed the 99th Division there, while the resistance is confronting it with mortar and missile shelling and direct sniping.
As for the situation in the south and Rafah, the military expert said that the military operation is advancing towards the border strip, reaching the beginnings of the Sultan neighborhood.
He pointed out the great overlap between the areas in the Rafah axis, as the military operations in Shaboura are in their beginnings, while military operations continue in the eastern area of Salah al-Din Street and many tanks have been destroyed, according to the same source.
