“The end of the battle will be the end of Hamas”: Israel declares the success of the operation in the Gaza Strip

Israel noted that the main battles with Hamas are still ahead / Collage 24 Channel

The confrontation between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants continues. The IDF summarized the results of its ground operation, which began three weeks ago.

Israel said it had achieved all the goals it had set before the operation. At the same time, this does not mean the end of the struggle.

This is just the beginning

On October 31, the IDF ground operation began, during which the fighting moved to the territory of the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli military is already operating in the center of Gaza City, searching for terrorists and striking them.

Chairman of the National Security Council Tzachi Hanegbi stressed that thousands of militants were killed, including Hamas leaders, “all the goals have been achieved,” but “this is just the beginning.”

We are determined to reach the end of the battle, and the end of the battle will be the end of Hamas. We will not stop until all the military and leadership of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are destroyed,” Hanegbi emphasized.

The IDF announced a new phase of the operation

Yesterday, November 16, Israel announced that the operation in the Gaza Strip was moving into a new stage, in particular, military operations were planned to be carried out more decisively. Thus, the country's Defense Minister Galant said that the IDF managed to establish complete control over the western part of Gaza, clearing this territory of terrorists. In addition, the Israel Defense Forces noted that it had taken operational control of the Gaza harbor.

Israel stormed Al-Shifa hospital: what is known

• On November 15, at night, Israeli tanks and hundreds of special forces stormed the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
• According to American intelligence, the militants' command post is located in the basements of Al-Shifa.
• Before this, the IDF asked the terrorists to surrender within 12 hours. In addition, Israel assured that it was trying to evacuate hospital patients and Palestinian civilians hiding there from the bombing.
• After the Israeli military seized the hospital, they said that Hamas was indeed using the civilian facility as its hiding place. Here the soldiers found weapons, intelligence materials, military equipment, and an operational headquarters with communications equipment.