Hamas Guerrilla Warfare... Israeli Military "It May Take Months to Control Southern Gaza"

Inside the Israeli military, there is a projection that it could take several months to gain control of the southern Gaza Strip due to Hamas's guerrilla warfare.

On the 24th (local time), foreign media including The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that at least 16 Israeli soldiers have died over the past three days.

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WSJ stated that as Hamas forces focus on guerrilla warfare, Israeli military casualties are increasing, and there are observations that completely eliminating Hamas will be difficult.

Israeli military authorities reported that more tunnels and weapons hidden by Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip have been discovered than initially expected. A senior officer commanding an Israeli battalion in Khan Yunis, the central city of southern Gaza, said it could take the Israeli military several months to take control of Khan Yunis, similar to the northern Gaza Strip.

Since the Israeli military began ground operations in the Gaza Strip eight weeks ago, at least 154 Israeli soldiers have died. As a result, the total number of Israeli military deaths in this war is 487. This is the highest number since the Israeli military participated in the First Lebanon War in the early 1980s.

Uzi Dayan, a retired general and former chairman of the Israeli National Security Council (NSC), stated that while Israeli public opinion initially supported the operation to eliminate Hamas, it is now becoming weary of the war.

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