"In one room West of the UN and in the second room a submachine gun": documentation of the activities of the fighters of the Agoz unit in the West Khan Yunis/IDF Spokesman
The 36th Division, under the command of Brigadier General Dado Bar Khalifa, managed until a month ago planning for a ground maneuver in Rafah that even reached advanced stages - but at the last moment it was stopped by the General Staff and the political echelon due to American and Egyptian pressures - this is what Lavala learned today (Thursday)!.
After being stopped, the division began to go outside the Gaza Strip for refreshment.
IDF officials have clarified that a few more days are needed, and at most a week, in order to exhaust the above-ground ground maneuver in the Khan Yunis area in preparation for the defeat of the four Hamas battalions in the area. They are talking about killing at least 60% of the terrorists in the battalion.
Towards the end of the maneuver in Khan Yunis, the paratrooper brigade in the area/IDF spokesman
The Cabinet's Dilemma: Rafih Maneuver or Refreshment/IDF Spokesman
So, the War Cabinet will be faced with a dilemma - reducing the scope of the forces maneuvering in the Khan Yunis area and withdrawing them from the Palestinian territory for refreshment or preparing for another tree maneuver in the Central and Rafah camps which is at the heart of a political debate.
Among other things, with Egypt and the USA, who demand from the IDF to avoid ground maneuvers in an area saturated with population and "shelter" sites of international aid organizations.
Within the security establishment in general, and in the Southern Command in particular, the voices presented to the Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, which include a ground maneuver to the Rafah area, are increasing.
The maneuver there will begin with population mobilization operations, airstrikes, artillery and only then will the ground maneuver begin towards the centers of gravity of Hamas, of the Islamic Jihad and of Palestinian gangs that are responsible for a system of tunnels under the Philadelphia axis.
This, in accordance with the intelligence pointed to by AMAN and the Shin Bet.
The Rafah maneuver will include population mobilization and airstrikes/Reuters
Egypt and the US demand to avoid maneuvering in an area saturated with population and "shelter" sites/Reuters
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Sources in the security system claim that the intensification of attacks and ground maneuvers in Rafah could result in a large number of terrorists killed and great pressure on the Hamas leadership within the framework of the stalled negotiations for the release of the abductees.
One of the factors said to Walla!
Because "Defense Minister Yoav Galant understands very well that he must dismantle the last center of gravity of Hamas after Khan Yunis. It is complex and sensitive, but he must do it otherwise the axis of Hamas' recovery is left alive, breathing and kicking."
In the meantime, the sources clarified that additional plans are on the agenda, including the continuation of the deepening of the achievement in the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City by Division 162, under the command of Brigadier General Itzik Cohen, together with the Givati Brigade which will soon finish its missions in Khan Yunis. The Center's camps in the Gaza Strip, which so far have not received the same treatment as Shatti, Jabaliya, and Ja'ia.
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