Sechster Nahostkrieg

[Nightwatch]

Kurze Wasserstandsmeldung, außer regelmäßigen Bombardierungen irgendwelcher neuer Hamas Camps tut sich ja nicht allzu viel

IDF increasingly certain Deif died in strike, says Hamas fighters in ‘survival mode’
Military assesses it will take months to locate all tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border, but Rafah Brigade mostly dismantled; half of terror group’s military leadership killed.

The Israel Defense Forces increasingly believes that Muhammad Deif, the commander of Hamas’s military wing, was killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, although as of Tuesday, it was still awaiting final confirmation before making a public announcement.

The IDF believed that its intelligence indicating that Deif arrived at a compound belonging to Rafa’a Salameh, the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, was highly accurate, and that the pair were together in the building that was targeted with several heavy munitions.

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According to military assessments, Hamas operatives have been struggling to remain inside tunnels for such a long period — nine months since the onset of the war — and have therefore been moving to aboveground sites, while hiding among civilians.

The IDF assessments also claim that Hamas is suffering from severe morale issues as the fighting goes on, and thousands are fleeing army operations and choosing not to fight.

At the same time, the terror group has also been running into weapon shortages. The IDF recently recovered a document listing the current inventory of the Shejaiya Battalion, according to which it had lost more than two-thirds of its members, and was running low on RPGs, assault rifles and explosives.

The terror group has been described by the IDF as in “survival mode” in recent months, and not the same military organization as it was before October 7.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-increa...ival-mode/