Hamas had gathered its forces and was planning a surprise October-7 style invasion of Israeli yishuvim during the ceasefire, Channel 12 News reported.
The report did not include details of the intelligence Israel had gleaned but they were alarming enough to concern senior security officials. The IDF had also seen a surge of attempts by Hamas to carry out attacks against IDF troops in Gaza.
In the wake of the warnings, the security cabinet held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Israel’s response to the threat.
Defense Minister Yisrael Katz addressed the issue in a recent meeting with a forum of residents from the Gaza border area, stressing the need for the IDF to “finish off Hamas” as it is “constantly planning to carry out another October 7-style invasion of Israel.”
According to the report, defense officials estimate that Hamas currently has a force of 25,000 terrorists and Islamic Jihad has a force of 5,000 terrorists.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Sorry, to disappoint you, but you will NEVER finish off Hamas – ONLY HASHEM CAN PROTECT US!
To DavidtheKanoi. Everything is in the hands of Hashem except the choice of doing mitzvot vs aveirot. “Timche eth zecher Amaleq” is mitzva upon the Jews, and since we are commanded in it, yes, we can finish of Hamas. The only question is of will.
i highly doubt Hamas will lose
Wow I remember at the beginning of the war the number quoted for Hamas was 30,000 (im ayin hara)
Israel claims to have killed some 17,000 – which means that a current figure of 25,000 means that they have managed to almost double their numbers again after their losses
May HKBH wipe them and all those who hold like them wherever they are out permanently