What has the Palestinian resistance achieved from the battle of "revenge of the free" in Gaza?

Gaza - Another round of confrontation between the Palestinian resistance and Israel ended with a ceasefire agreement that entered into force at ten o'clock on Saturday evening, to stop 5 days of aggression, which began with treacherous Israeli assassinations that affected senior leaders in the Military Council of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement.

This round, which the resistance called the "Revenge of the Free" battle, was not like other successive Israeli wars and rounds of escalation against Gaza over the past 14 years, as the resistance benefited from it in terms of tactics in managing the battle, performance in the field, and distributing tasks among the forces included in the "joint room of the resistance factions", according to experts and prominent leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Jihad, the two largest factions in the room.

Once again, despite the heavy loss of life and property, the policy pursued by the resistance and its absorption of the shock of the "treacherous blow" by assassinating balanced leaders gave more popular support in Gaza, which was reflected in the interaction of Gazans with its operations in response to Israeli assassinations and crimes.

Honorable confrontation

In turn, described a member of the political bureau of the Islamic Jihad movement Ahmed spoiled performance of the resistance during this round of confrontation "honorable", and said to the island net that "Saraya al-Quds and the resistance forces managed the battle with great skill."

The hours of silence on the part of the resistance that followed the treacherous assassination of three of the most prominent commanders of the Al-Quds Brigades at dawn last Tuesday had an impact on the course of the battle over the five days, according to al-Mudalal.

While the occupation during these hours was in a state of "anticipation and confusion" that affected its internal front, the resistance was in a state of study and coordination of how to conduct the battle.

The Al-Quds Brigades, through the joint room, proved the extent of its attachment to national unity and the unity of the state of resistance, and missed the opportunity for the occupation's attempts to "drive wedges" and sow seeds of discord, according to al-Mudallal.

A member of Islamic Jihad's political bureau said that "despite the great pain of the separation of strong resistance leaders with a great legacy in the fields of confrontation and fighting the enemy, the resistance hurt the occupation and succeeded in proving its capabilities in the field," and to indicate this success, al-Mudallal points to "the continued fall of rockets on the enemy until the last moment of confrontation, which proves the will of the resistance and its possession of a strategic stockpile."

Hamas leader Ismail Radwan agrees with al-Mudallal that the resistance management of the battle thwarted the occupation's plans in terms of gradual response through stages: silence, gradual response to crimes, determination of the appropriate time and place, as well as the distribution of roles and tasks within the forces of the joint room.

This unusual management for the enemy on the part of the resistance forces Radwan found an important reason for achieving what he described as "victory" in this round of confrontation different from other previous confrontations.

Broad popular support for the Palestinian resistance and praise for its steadfastness in the battle of "revenge of the free" (Al Jazeera)

Political and military successes

Al-Mudallal and Radwan agree that the resistance has achieved important results from this confrontation, which was imposed on it and proved once again that it is "united in the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to achieve political gains at the expense of Palestinian blood."

Radwan said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who launched his aggression on Gaza in the hope of improving his internal situation, was surprised by the policy of "attrition" pursued by the resistance, continuing to direct rocket strikes until the last minute, and imposing a state of emergency on about 6 million Israelis whose lives and interests were disrupted and did not leave shelters until the last minute.

"In the final scene on which this confrontation has come to an end, Netanyahu has not achieved the illusory personal victory he has sought, and has failed again to restore what Israel calls deterrence."

Al-Mudallal added that the success of the resistance in maintaining the "pace of rocket bombardment" until the last minute, despite the state of great alert and in light of Israeli warplanes covering the skies over Gaza, affected Netanyahu's image in front of Israeli society and deprived him of reaping the goals that he launched his aggression to achieve.

He said that the resistance gained important "combat experience" from previous rounds of confrontation with the enemy, which enabled it to develop its performance in this battle in terms of "focused and deliberate responses", thus achieving significant gains in terms of affecting the morale of the enemy's home front and penetrating its air defense system, which failed to keep pace with the resistance's strikes, whether the Iron Dome or the so-called David's Sling.

This success on the part of the resistance in reaching about 75% of its missiles to their destination deep inside the entity state negatively affected the morale of its internal front and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, and at the same time raised the morale of the Palestinians, as it carried important signals in terms of the development of the military capabilities of the resistance, according to Al-Mudallal.

Al-Mudallal said that managing the battle on the ground with this ability and with the support of the resistance forces in the joint room enabled Islamic Jihad during its talks with the Egyptian mediator to adhere to its conditions and impose them on the enemy for a ceasefire.

Silence tactic

According to writer and political analyst Dr. Hossam al-Dajni, this battle showed "a high unity of military and political coordination between the resistance forces, especially the two major movements, Hamas and Islamic Jihad."

This coordination produced a wonderful performance on the ground, starting with the silence for about 36 hours following the treacherous assassination, giving the international community a view of the angles of Israeli crime, killing children and women, destroying homes, and imposing what the rockets can impose by declaring the occupation a state of emergency and completely disrupting aspects of life.

Dajni said to Al Jazeera Net that the outcome of this battle may hit Netanyahu, in light of the assessments that will be conducted in Israel for the results achieved, and may increase the internal rift.

Regarding the most prominent results achieved from this battle, said expert in strategic affairs Dr. Hassan Abdo to Al Jazeera Net that the Jerusalem Brigades "maintained the joint room as a unitary framework necessary for national consensus and unified the internal position."

The brigades excelled in the tactic of qualitative and heroic response, took control of the field, maintained its calm and developed its missile response after each new assassination, thus convincing the occupation leaders through its field performance of its ability to develop its response and the failure of the assassination policy, according to Abdo.

In the political battle, the expert close to Islamic Jihad said the group succeeded and withstood threats and pressure, leading to the imposition of a ceasefire agreement with its commitments.