Reports indicate that the brigades of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), did not request support from other brigades. Israel expanded its operation, entrusting command in the south to the 98th Division, which consists of the 35th and 55th Shadow Brigades.
The nature of its leadership structure and its decision-making hierarchy are not known. The Khan Yunis operation is considered one of the most complex operations during the war, as it contains almost all the factors that regular armies fear.