Military expert Major-General Fayez Al-Duwairi, said the different resistance groups have long adapted to the ground field in Gaza and allowed them to continue fighting the Israeli army since last October 2023.
It was necessary for the resistance to develop its combat performance in the battlefield after it resorted to confrontational stances in the first stage of the war that cost the movement both materially and in terms of human resources, Al-Duwairi of Al Jazeera explained, in his analysis of the military scene in Gaza.
The military and strategic expert described the resistance development, interms of performance and new tactics as giving then greater “heights of skill and intelligence” that was necessary in the latter stages of the war as the Israeli occupation penetrated the whole of Gaza and its north.
He added it is here where the resistance started moving in small groups and harnessed all available means to achieve their goal of beating the enemy.
Thus the ambushes and the use of TNT fillings and explosive devices appeared in a greater way and effectively against the occupation’s military armor, especially later in the battles of Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south, he maintained.
Regarding the return of the Israeli soldiers to Khan Yunis for the third time, the military expert, said the Zionist army were not able to achieve its goals in the previous two times, noting the Khan Yunis Brigade of the Qassam Brigades – the Hamas military wing – was by far superior as a fighting force.
He added the Israeli fighting in Khan Yunis, the first time, lasted for months, during which they failed to find the prominent leaders of the Qassam Brigades, and failed as well to discover and destroy the underground strategic tunnels and the detained Israeli prisoners as pointed out in the Jo24 website.
The occupation withdrew from Khan Yunis last April, returned to it, especially in its eastern areas on 22 July, before withdrawing from it again at the end of the month.
The Israeli war in the Gaza Strip entered its 11th month, and resulted in the martyrdom of 39,699 Palestinians, including 16,314 children and 10,980 women, according to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, in addition to the widespread destruction of schools, hospitals and infrastructure.
Dr Marwan Asmar is a writer in Amman covering Middle East affairs. He blogs at https://crossfirearabia.com/
