Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues his claim that the Israeli Defense Forces are destroying Hamas’ ability to strike as an army. But so many of the terrorists survive, he acknowledges the IDF will have to keep chasing them down all over Gaza.
As Netanyahu puts it, “We are nearing the end of the elimination phase of Hamas’s terrorist army. There will be a continuation of hitting its remnants.”
Netanyahu added he expects to achieve the war’s goals, “To return our hostages, to eliminate the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas, to ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat, and even more than that to return our residents both in the south and in the north safely to their homes.”
Had to Evacuate Six Times
The IDF has destroyed much of Khan Younis, a huge suburb of Rafah, in earlier pitched battles to wipe Hamas out there. But many of the surviving terrorists have recently fled from Rafah to Khan Younis. So the IDF is having to order the civilians there — many who are already evacuees from other areas — to evacuate once again so they don’t get mowed down in the renewed fighting.
One bedraggled and angry woman said as she fled with her family,
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