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2024-09-11 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Gallant: Hamas as ‘military formation’ in Gaza is gone, IDF focus shifting to north
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[IsraelTimes] Hamas
 ..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
is no longer an organized military force in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
Strip after Israel’s 11-month ongoing military campaign, sparked by the terror group’s October 7 massacre, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told foreign journalists on Monday. Later Tuesday, meanwhile, Gallant told troops that the IDF was shifting its focus from Gaza to the northern front, and that they should prepare for a ground offensive there.
"Hamas as a military formation no longer exists. Hamas is engaged in guerrilla warfare and we are still fighting Hamas bully boyz and pursuing Hamas leadership," Gallant told the foreign press, while warning that the window was closing on an opportunity to reach a temporary hostage-ceasefire deal with the Paleostinian terror group, which he said could also bring calm to the volatile northern border with Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
Gallant accused Hamas of intransigence in the talks and called for more international pressure on the Iran-backed terror group. Still, he said that after inflicting heavy damage recently on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, there is an opportunity for at least the first phase of the deal.
SHIFTING FOCUS TO LEBANON
He said he believed a truce with Hamas could also lower tensions with Hezbollah and allow Israelis who have been displaced since October 8 to return to their homes in northern Israel, near the Lebanese border.
| Wishful thinking. Despite all the talk, everyone demanding a ceasefire just wants the IDF to go home before it decisively beats Hamas, making it impossible to return to the status quo ante. |
"Achieving an agreement is also a strategic opportunity that gives us a high chance to change the security situation on all fronts," Gallant said.
| As an IDF general and former commander of the Southern Command, Defense Minister Gallant should know the harm he does by spouting such arrant nonsense. Since there is only a small chance of an agreement, and none that Hamas would abide by it — unless building up to the next 10/7, as they promised — what can he possibly think to achieve by pushing this naively hopeful line? |
However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money...
speaking later to troops during a drill in northern Israel simulating a ground offensive in Lebanon, Gallant said Israel was moving its focus to the northern front and they should prepare for a Gaza-style ground operation there.
"The center of gravity is moving to the north, we are nearing the completion of our missions in the south, but we have a task here that has not been carried out, and this mission is to change the security situation and return the residents to their homes," he said to reservists of the Oded Brigade in northern Israel.
"These instructions you are waiting for, I gave in the south and saw the forces at work," Gallant said, referring to Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza. He added that such orders "will come here as well and you should be prepared and ready to carry out this mission."
"We are finishing training the entire order of battle for a ground operation [in Lebanon], in all its aspects," Gallant said. "I’ve already seen in many circumstances where I stood next to troops who told me: ’You are just talking.’ After a week I met them on the ground."
Hezbollah began striking Israel immediately after Hamas’s October 7 massacre ignited the war. Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged cross-border fire daily, coming close on several occasions to a full-blown war.
The fighting has forced tens of thousands of Israelis and Lebanese to flee their homes near the volatile border and resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.
Hezbollah has named 434 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 78 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have also been killed.
It seems unlikely that Hamas would accept a partial deal in which it would give up the hostages — its most valuable bargaining chips — for only a brief pause in the Israeli military campaign.
But international mediators have been working on a bridging proposal that they hope could meet the demands of all sides. US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Too old and senile to be prosecuted, not too old and senile to set national policy...
said last week he was "optimistic" that a deal was within reach.
| And then they thought there was no chance, given Hamas’s new demands for drastically increased numbers of hard boys in exchange for civilians and corpses. But there is so much ego tied up in making a deal that they keep going back, and Hamas waits to see what the better offer will be. |
At home, the Israeli government faces significant domestic pressure to reach a deal as well, particularly after the deaths of six hostages who were executed by their Hamas captors earlier this month as troops approached the area where they were being held.
Gallant described the current situation as a "strategic junction" — where Israel can reach a deal with its adversaries or risk fighting a broader war that could draw in Hezbollah and its sponsor Iran.
| Yeah, yeah. Your adversaries just want you all to lay down and die. How do you reach a deal with that? |
Gallant said he prefers a deal, but that Israel is ready for all scenarios. "We are capable of defending ourselves and we can also retaliate if necessary," he said. "We have the ability to hit any strategic goal in Iran."
| You stick to that military stuff, Minister. It’s good for a man to play to his strengths…and avoid his weaknesses. |
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