Besieging the northern Gaza Strip would force the Islamist group into a hostage deal, separating terrorists from civilians is key, Col. (res.) Hezi Nehama says.
Agroup of high-ranked Israel Defense Forces officers in reserves released a plan last week calling to besiege the northern Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, while evacuating its civilians, to defeat Hamas.
The proposal, named the “Generals Plan,” has gained traction in Hebrew media and will be presented at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee next week.
“After 11 months of war in the Gaza Strip, Hamas should have already been defeated,” Col. (res.) Hezi Nehama, a former commander of the IDF’s Menashe Brigade—aka the “Jenin Brigade”—who endorses the plan, told JNS on Tuesday.