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Military and strategic expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi said that the ambushes of the Palestinian resistance forces will be repeated successfully in the Gaza Strip if the war continues, considering that the Israeli occupation’s announcement of the liberation of two of its prisoners as a heroic achievement is an exaggeration of a limited action.

Israeli media sources had previously reported that the occupation army was subjected to an ambush, which it described as large and precise, carried out by the Palestinian resistance in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of more than 11 soldiers, and that transporting the dead and wounded took hours.

On the other hand, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced that it had killed 10 Israeli soldiers from point zero in the Abasan al-Kabira area, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, adding that it had managed to detonate an anti-personnel device with an Israeli force in the same area, killing its members. Between dead and wounded.

Al-Duwairi said that information is not yet available regarding whether the sources were talking about the same event or about two different events, noting at the same time that the events of luring occupation army forces into killing areas have become a common occurrence and are expected to be repeated successfully if the war continues.

The military expert explained that these events are not repeated with complete uniformity, given the difference in spatial and temporal circumstances and that each event has its own specificity and data. He attributed the occurrence of the occupation army in these ambushes to the fact that the data of previous ambushes are not generalized to all military sectors, but rather reach specific leadership levels in order to restore Formulate rules of engagement.

Limited action

Regarding the occupation army’s announcement of liberating two hostages in a complex military operation in the city of Rafah, Al-Duwairi pointed out that this announcement was issued by one side and was exaggerated and considered a heroic act, although if true, it is no more than a limited, ordinary act.

The Israeli occupation army announced the liberation of two Israeli prisoners held by the Palestinian resistance in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, in a night military operation that coincided with a violent bombardment on the city, resulting in the death of at least 63 Palestinians - including children - and the injury of dozens of others.

Al-Duwairi pointed out that information conveyed by sources that have not yet been confirmed indicates that these two prisoners were not in the possession of the Al-Qassam Brigades, and that no shooting was carried out by the resistance, but he saw that this operation came at a time that served the occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Al-Duwairi asked skeptically about the time of the liberation of the two captives, as he did not rule out that it happened several days ago and was delayed in order to announce it at an ideal time, noting in this context that Netanyahu had a long call with US President Joe Biden regarding the Rafah invasion.

Al-Duwairi continued, "Even if the two captives were in the hands of Hamas, the work remains limited in terms of the importance of the achievement, because the presence of two hostages in a place with limited security can reach them, while the media intimidation aims to prove that military progress is what will lead to the liberation of the hostages."

Source: Al Jazeera