Hamas is under “great pressure” with the terror organization having lost most of its assets and control of Gaza, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared during a Sunday tour of the Strip.

“We are intensifying our activity according to a structured plan,” he told soldiers currently fighting in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza.

Zamir added that “Hamas is under tremendous pressure; it has lost most of its assets and its command-and-control structure. We will use all our tools to bring the hostages home, to defeat Hamas and to dismantle its rule.”

“This is not an endless war; we will shorten it as we achieve its goals,” he went on to say. “We aim to win and will do so with determination, thoroughness and while maintaining the safety of our forces.”


Zamir noted that the troops had just crushed Hamas’s Rafah Brigade in the southernmost part of the Strip. “Now is your time to defeat the Khan Yunis Brigade,” he stated, urging them to “not forget for a moment” what happened almost 600 days ago when Hamas breached the border.

“From here … those murderers left, raided [Kibbutz] Nir Oz, committed atrocities, murdered and kidnapped babies and children, women and the elderly,” said Zamir. “We are defending ourselves, and to defend ourselves, we are attacking. That is a central lesson of Oct. 7.”

“You are doing exceptional and extremely important work here—you have my full backing,” the Israeli military chief concluded.

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