The military and strategic expert, Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi, said that the movement of occupation army units in the areas of the Netzarim axis is not subject to any kind of protection, and that the resistance is capable of bombing and sniping these forces.
Al-Falahi explained – during the military analysis of the war in Gaza – that the forces present in the Netzarim axis are the 99th Division, which is divided into two brigades and was replaced approximately 10 days ago, which means that the forces operating in the axis are new forces.
He pointed out that the resistance targeted a foot patrol of these forces in an open area with 5 mortar shells, which led to the killing of two individuals with the rank of major and the wounding of 3 seriously, in addition to 5 others who sustained minor injuries.
According to the military expert, mortar shells are used in these areas against concentrations of soldiers and fighters, and are not used to strike armored units or fortified sectors. He attributed the large losses among the ranks of the occupation soldiers to the large fragments caused by the mortar shelling.
Changing the goals of war
Al-Falahi also pointed out that the use of mortars in these cases requires accurate intelligence information, and that the bombing distances be directed accurately in a specific direction and height, to estimate the range and direction required to hit the target. He explained that the range of the mortar ranges between 5 and 7 kilometers.
Al-Falahi attributed the resistance’s repeated “strategic, systematic” bombing of the Netzarim axis to the fact that it wants to expel the occupation forces from this area.
Regarding the statements of former minister in the Israeli war government, Gadi Eisenkot, that the goal of the military operations was to weaken the capabilities of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and not to destroy them, Al-Falahi believes that they represent a major change in the goals of the war that were set by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and then discovered that they were not. Practically applicable.
He expected that these statements would lead to an end to the military operation in Rafah, but they would not, in his opinion, lead to a complete end to the military action in the Gaza Strip.
Regarding developments in the situation in the northern axis, Al-Falahi believes that all data indicate that opening the occupation army as a front against Hezbollah in Lebanon is difficult in the current circumstances at all levels, as the army is exhausted and suffers from low morale and a major shortage of weapons and ammunition. Despite this, Al-Falahi He did not rule out that Netanyahu would open this front.