Press TV – Aug 22, 2025
A Hamas operation in Khan Yunis has highlighted Israel’s faltering war goals in Gaza, with a retired Israeli general admitting that the Palestinian resistance group is recovering and adapting despite months of Israeli aggression.
The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, announced that its fighters launched a surprise attack on Israeli forces southeast of Khan Yunis on Wednesday morning. According to the group, the fighters destroyed tanks, struck Israeli positions with mortars and explosive devices, and engaged soldiers in close-range combat inside residential buildings. A sniper also reportedly killed a Merkava 4 tank commander during the raid.
Retired Israeli major general Israel Ziv admitted in an interview on 103FM that the movement is reorganizing and regaining initiative.
“What we are seeing before our eyes is a new Hamas, a Hamas that is recovering. Hamas is reorganizing like it began—as a guerrilla organization,” he said, Maariv reported on Thursday.
His remarks echoed earlier warnings by retired major general Yitzhak Brik, who wrote in July that Hamas had already rebuilt to its pre-war strength.
“Hamas now numbers about 40,000 resistance fighters, similar to its strength before the aggression began,” Brik wrote, adding that Israel’s soldiers face a “grim” reality.
Brik dismissed Israeli officials’ claim that the movement has been crippled. “They were never an army, and therefore they have not lost their military capabilities as the chief of staff claims,” he argued.
The debate within Israel reflects a wider recognition that the war has not met its stated goals, including the elimination of Hamas, despite widespread destruction of the area, which led to the forced displacement of almost the entire Gaza population.
The remarks come as Israel pushes forward with plans to expand its ground invasion into Gaza City, even as the international community is warning about the dire humanitarian cost of such aggression.
Gaza’s authorities announced that more than 62,100 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and at least 157,114 injured since the Israeli genocidal war on the besieged territory began in October 2023.
“… with a retired Israeli general admitting that the Palestinian resistance group is recovering and adapting despite months of Israeli aggression.”
Yea and we poor goyim are supposed to believe this kike, right???
its quite simple even a jew should see it
Israel announced soon jordan egypt and tutkey will fall to them
the americans will be sent in, and like palestine lebanon syria and iraq
the stupid americans will do the dirty work
rememeber whena mans home is bombed and his family killed
he will join hamas
and milions are waiting for this
This is not about Hamas but only and excuse to genocide the indigenous Palestinians of their ancestral lands. Think, how is it that its the civilians that are mostly being murdered by the criminal talmud evil cult with the armament from dumpt and some europe countries.
LOL!! The scum-Kikes (is that redundant?) are such spineless punks! I’m lovin’ this news!
Israel is being destroyed. If the squatting Jews are insane enough to attack Iran again, that’ll be the end! Iran will smoke their kosher, murdering asses!
Not much more I love better than killed IDF! They’re great at murdering civilians, but wet their pants & cry for mama when they have to face Hamas MEN, totally intent on killing IDF
punk-bitches!
Hamas is a Mossad front and was used to pull off the false flag on October 7 and every thinking person knows it!
the world id behind iran
please destroy the dirty jew bastards
@DESERT FOX
ISIS is also from Satanjahu . the difference is
that only the Hamas fights against IDF oppressors !
so much you people try to smear them :
THEY ARE HEROES ! and put all soldiers of last
70 years in the shadow of meaningless + nothingness !