According to details of the plan, the assault is expected to last months and be Israel’s biggest ground operation since it invaded Lebanon in 2006.
The Israeli military is preparing to invade the Gaza Strip soon with tens of thousands of soldiers ordered to capture Gaza City and destroy the enclave’s current leadership, according to three senior Israeli military officers who outlined unclassified details about the plan.
It remains uncertain what Israel will do with Gaza City, Hamas’ stronghold and the enclave’s largest urban centre, if it captures it, or what exactly Israeli officials mean when they describe the destruction of Hamas’ leadership. Hamas, considered a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union, is a large social movement as well as a militia that is deeply embedded within Gazan society.
Because of the widespread damage to Gaza caused by recent Israeli airstrikes, troops have been given additional training in recent days to help them fight in ruined urban environments, according to a fourth officer, Colonel Golan Vach. A second military spokesperson said that the army was particularly focused on killing Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas official whose offices, like those of the Hamas government, are in Gaza City. Israel holds Sinwar responsible for the atrocities against Israelis last Saturday.
The complexity of the invasion is heightened by the fact that Hamas is thought to be holding many of the Israeli hostages with them in their underground bunkers and tunnels.
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