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| Depleted Hamas switches to insurgent tactics in Gaza, posing steep challenge |
| 2024-06-09 |
| [IsraelTimes] Change from direct confrontation to ambushes and bomb attacks could prolong fighting for months with no ‘quick fix’ available, officials and analysts say Hamas has seen about half its forces wiped out in eight months of war and is relying on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to frustrate Israel’s attempts to take control of Gaza, US and Israeli officials told Reuters. Hamas, the enclave’s ruling group, has been reduced to between 9,000 and 12,000 fighters, according to three senior US officials familiar with battlefield developments, down from American estimates of 20,000-25,000 before the conflict. By contrast, Israel says it has lost almost 300 troops in the Gaza campaign. Hamas fighters are now largely avoiding sustained skirmishes with Israeli forces closing in on the southernmost city of Rafah, instead relying on ambushes and improvised bombs to hit targets often behind enemy lines, one of the officials said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 hit and run insurgent tactics won't protect the Hamas leadership very well to do that they need some organized Praetorian Guard to do that otherwise there is more danger from within and without |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-06-09 21:38 |