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2024-06-25 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israeli military chief: Hamas' Rafah brigade nearly dismantled

[GEO.TV] The chief of staff of Israel's military said on Monday that Hamas' brigade in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly dismantled.

"We are clearly approaching the point where we can say we have dismantled the Rafah Brigade, that it is defeated not in the sense that there are no more terrorists, but in the sense that it can no longer function as a fighting unit," said Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi.

Posted by Fred 2024-06-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11147 views ] Top
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#1 Rafah had, a few months ago, four battalions.

Not sure what a brigade is (fwiw Geo.TV is a Pakistani outfit)

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-06-25 00:39|| 2024-06-25 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 i like to cheer them on and say "good going" but the reality is that there are no civilians in gaza

so all the non-Hamas that are left there will simply grow another Hamas

Posted by anon1 2024-06-25 02:04|| 2024-06-25 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 A batallion is normally about 600 men, but in the case of HamaSS and other Mooselimbs, it can range from 200 to a thousand.

Israel is taking out the leadership and the expertise needed to re-form the HamaSS military wing. It won't stop them reforming (only elimination of the entire Muslim populace of Gaza and the West Bank will do that), but it will give Israel a bit of breathing space before the next war.

Posted by Old Patriot 2024-06-25 11:18|| 2024-06-25 11:18|| Front Page Top

#4 But the replacement of at least marginally competent leaders by spittle soaked fanatics will make the contest more, uh, dramatic.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-25 11:23|| 2024-06-25 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 'Local rebellion': Gazans attempt to stop Hamas from firing at Israel, IDF source says

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-25 11:36|| 2024-06-25 11:36|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Maybe the reality is that there are no civilians in gaza

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-25 11:38|| 2024-06-25 11:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Does it really matter if Sinwar isn't identified and killed?

If 95% of the 'soldiers' of Hamas are killed and 80% of the tunnels are destroyed and 98% of the rockets and launchers are destroyed, how would Sinwar and Deif be able to function as 'military leaders'?

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-06-25 13:42|| 2024-06-25 13:42|| Front Page Top

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