Military expert Brigadier General Elias Hanna said ambushes carried out by the resistance in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah confirm that it is still alive and capable of launching attacks, indicating that the operation could aim to move the fighting from the north to the south.
Hanna added – in an analysis of the military scene in the sector – that what happened was a main ambush and two subsidiary ambushes, not separate ambushes, stressing that the operation is complex and reflects careful monitoring of occupying forces.
According to Hanna, naming the ambush after the late leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Yahya Sinwar, and announcing the names of the perpetrators – even if they were fictitious – sends the message that the system of command and control control exists and is capable of work.
The designation of the fifth battalion that carried out the attack “means that the process of rebuilding the battalions is underway,” according to Hanna, who said the operation was surprising and could reflect the resistance’s desire to move the fighting from flaming north to the north. the calm of the south.
Earlier in the day, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, broadcast scenes of two of three ambushes it said it carried out against Israeli soldiers and occupying vehicles in the town of Rafah. Al-Qassam said operation was in retaliation for bloodshed Yahya Al-Sanwar.
The operation, dubbed “Victory for the Blood of Sinwar,” took place near the Burj Awad intersection, in the El Geneina district, east of Rafah, on November 23.