US Intel Determines Israel 'Far From Defeating' Hamas

Hamas dismissed Israeli claims that its battalions are being dismantled as mere ‘illusions’ aimed at boosting morale

The New York Times (NYT) reported on 9 January that while Israel’s war in Gaza has “degraded” Hamas’ combat capabilities, the resistance group remains far from defeated.

Israel has “degraded Hamas’s fighting capabilities but is not close to eliminating the group, which is the principal war aim of the Israeli government,” US officials told members of Congress this week, according to NYT.

According to the report, US officials are also expressing doubt that destroying Hamas is a realistic option for Israel.

“It operates like a guerrilla force, hidden in a network of tunnels that are difficult to penetrate. Weakening the combat strength of the group may be a far more achievable goal,” NYT wrote.

During the closed-door intelligence briefing in Congress, there was no talk of how many Hamas fighters have been killed.

Israel maintains it has killed around 10,000 of the group’s combatants.

“American intelligence officials have refrained from offering specific estimates of how many Hamas fighters have been killed, arguing that such estimates are neither accurate nor meaningful.”

Israel continues to maintain that it has struck the majority of Hamas’ battalions across Gaza with devastating blows.

But the group is still able to confront Israeli troops in the northern, central, and southern parts of the enclave. Moreover, it can fire rockets at Israeli settlements from several areas in the strip.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle, Times of Israel

Related: 12/3 — Part 3: Blueprints Possessed by Israel Year Before Attack - MORE Evidence Oct. 7th Was an Intelligence Stand-Down / Inside Job / False Flag
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CNN reported in “Lindsey Graham Rejects Defense Secretary's Argument That More Civilian Casualties in Gaza Could Worsen Insurgency” that “US Sen. Lindsey Graham rejected Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s contention that further civilian casualties in Gaza could produce even more insurgents “

I feel most people should see this as disgustingly ignorant. Ironically, a few couple weeks ago[11/11], Antiwar.com reported in “Top US General Warns Israel’s Killing of Civilians Will Create More Hamas Members” that “Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has expressed concern that Israel’s killing of Palestinian civilians will help Hamas recruit more militants and cautioned against a long war in Gaza.”

Of course, Israel is not going to listen to the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman in regards to avoiding a long war. On Dec 1st, Antiwar.com published “Israel Planning for Gaza War To Last Over a Year”

“One source said, ‘This will be a very long war . . . We’re currently not near halfway to achieving our objectives.’ ”

But blatant disregard for civilian life, to the point where much of the world is convinced you are intentionally killing them, targeting them, resulting in more terrorism / blowback isn’t a crazy concept. I don’t think it should be hard to understand how that happens. Terrorism begets terrorism.

Elon Musk in an Interview: ““If you kill somebody’s child in Gaza, you’ve made at least a few Hamas members.” #ElonGoToGaza...
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12/3 — Lindsey Graham just now when asked about massive Palestinian civilian casualties during the usual softball CNN interview:

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