The Israeli army announced this Saturday, January 6, 2024, that it had done so “Completed the dismantling of the Hamas military structure in the northern Gaza Strip”.
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General and Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari added that the IDF would now focus on crushing the Palestinian Islamist movement “in the center and south of this territory. »
“No shortcuts in the fight against terrorism”
“We will do it differently […] It takes time, there are no shortcuts in the fight against terrorism.”he mentioned during a press conference.
Israel vowed to destroy Hamas after the Palestinian movement launched an unprecedented attack on the south of the country on October 7 that resulted in the deaths of around 1,140 people on the Israeli side, most of whom were Israeli, according to an AFP count were civilians based on the latest official Israeli figures.
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Israel is relentlessly shelling the Gaza Strip, a narrow and densely populated area where it launched a ground offensive on October 27: according to the latest Defense Ministry report, these military operations left 22,722 dead, mostly women and minors. Hamas health.
On Sunday, January 7, the war between Israel and Hamas enters its fourth month.