The Israeli offensive focuses now on 2 areas: North Gaza and Khan Yunis, but the main battle is just around the corner and that's Rafah. Egyptian foreign minister said yesterday: "there is a peace agreement with Israel that we've been keeping for 40 years, and we will continue keeping it." The Palestinians were hoping for a crisis between #Israel and Egypt, but as usual they can't read the room.
IDF chief of staff regarding Rafah: "We have plans and will pick the right timing to implement them. We know it would be a complex battle, against 10,000 enemy militants and over a million civilians, so we will seek to isolate them. When and how it will happen? We will decide when the time comes."
On Monday, the IDF reported 80 terrorists killed in Khan Yunis alone. Calculate yourself: an average of a 100 militants per day = 10% of Hamas's power eliminated in one month just in Khan Yunis. #HamasIsEliminated
A short summit took place in #Cairo yesterday (Tuesday) in an attempt to restart the hostage deal that Israel rejected. The Israeli delegation returned very pessimistic. If Hamas won't climb down from the list of demands it made, Israel has no incentive to keep participating in this circus. While Hamas is stuck on a high tree, even Abu-Mazen calls it to hurry and complete the deal. Funny, Abu-Mazen will be the first one to enjoy the disappearance of Hamas from #Gaza.
The IDF spokesman published a video yesterday showing Yahia_Sinwar walking along a tunnel under Khan_Yunis, led by his brother and accompanied by one of his wives and 3 children. Sinwar went underground 4 months ago and hasn't been seen or heard for a long time. That's your leadership, Gaza. You will fight and die while your commanders are hiding underground not thinking about you.
In addition, the spokesman said that close relatives of Hamas seniors were arrested earlier this month, among them the father of Khan Yunis brigade commander, who are giving valuable information during their questioning.
4 terrorists eliminated in an SUV while driving through Sheikh Radwan, North Gaza.
The IDF is completing the evacuation of Naser_hospital in Khan Yunis. Reports I saw claim this hospital will be a larger version of Al_Shifaa_hospital in the north.
More and more intelligence is gathered as the IDF advances. Security cameras footage, documents, testimonies from captured terrorists, all are analyzed and translated to new operations aimed at destroying Hamas and releasing the hostages. One of the greatest discoveries was a tunnel that hosted a data center with immense amounts of data.
But the tunnel was just half of the story. The server farm, which includes an electrical room and living quarters for the IT teams of Hamas, was located directly below the compound of... the UNRWA agency HQ in Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City. If anyone had second thoughts about the relations between Hamas and UNRWA, this is not a smoking gun, but rather like catching them in bed together. Nothing can be more incriminating than that.
Defense minister Galant: "We penetrated into the heart of the most sensitive places of Hamas and use their intelligence against them. The more we deepen this operation, the closer we are to a realistic deal to return the #hostages, thanks to the IDF."
Philippe Kazzarini was quick to reply: "#UNRWA did not know what is under its HQ in Gaza. We have evacuated the building on Oct 12 following the IDF's evacuation orders, therefore cannot confirm or comment about Israel's allegations."
If only cables were not running down from the HQ to the tunnel... they really take us for stupid, as if digging and facilitating such a huge and strategic tunnel takes a month and not years. What a disgrace to UNRWA.
