Israel inflicting important damage to Hamas in Gaza’s new offensive

The Israel War in Gaza resumed with all its force last week after the collapse of a high two -month fire and a dead point in negotiations on the release of the remaining hostages. The Israel Defense Forces (FDI) launched a new wave of air attacks, quickly followed by coordinated land operations in three key areas: The Netzarim corridorThe North Coast of Gaza and the district of Rafah in the south.

With the expanded support of the United States and the favorable changes in the regional landscape, this next phase indicates a significant evolution in the military objectives of Israel, from degrading the battlefield capabilities of Hamas to dismantling its ability to govern.

“We have been fighting in them for 10 days,” said Major General Yaakov Amidor (res.), Former Israeli National Security Advisor. “All they have managed to do is shoot seven rockets. That tells you how much damage we have already inflicted.”

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A senior Israeli security official told Fox News Digital: “We seized cache, laboratories and command centers. Hamas today does not work as an army. It is a dangerous terrorist group, but it is not what it was on October 7.”

According to Israeli data, most of the Hamas Senior Command has been eliminated and only fragmented units remain.

“They have lost their experienced leadership,” said the official. “They are operating in survival mode.”

This time, Israel is operating in dramatically improved conditions, both military and diplomatically.

“The strategic environment has changed,” Amridor told Fox News Digital. “Hezbollah is weaker, Iran is limited and the US administration offers us real support. They don’t tell us where to bombard or how to fight.”

With fewer threats on other fronts and a strong support of Trump administrationThe IDF have expanded their reach to include the political leadership of Hamas.

“We are not only degrading military capabilities,” Amridor said. “We are dismantling the structure that allowed Hamas to govern.”

During the pause in the fight, Hamas consolidated control over humanitarian aid, confiscating supplies, reselling the goods and using them to recruit combatants and maintain loyalty. Israeli officials now say that it will not be allowed to continue.

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“We are working to find a solution so that humanitarian aid reaches civilians and is not armed by Hamas,” explained the senior Israeli security official. He pointed out that Gaza currently has enough food reserves and that Israel is developing new delivery mechanisms that completely avoid Hamas.

Fifty -nine Israeli hostages remain in the captivity of Hamas. Its continuous arrest has caused protests nationwide, and families urge the government to prioritize a negotiated release. But the renewed fight puts those hostages in greater danger.

“The only real limitation is hostages,” Amridor acknowledged. “We want them alive, and fighting a war while trying to protect them is a great challenge.”

“My position is that we first have to recover the hostages, even if we need to commit ourselves to end the war and return to a security perimeter,” Ram Ben Barak, former attachment of the Mossad and current member of the Knéset said. “We can commit to that, but only if Hamas returns to all the hostages. If they do not, that is only a reason to return to war. And even if Hamas returns them, we will be looking at him. If Hamas begins to smuggle weapons again or train combatants, that will also be a reason to enter and hit them strongly.”

The security official said military pressure It is part of a coordinated effort to take hostages home.

“They launched a group of hostages before planning due to the pressure we applied in Netzarim when they refused to free Arbel Yehud,” he said.

Despite tactical gains, Israeli leaders know that war cannot eliminate Hamas’ ideology. The mission, they say, is to avoid governing Gaza again.

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“We will not return to the days when we let them build an army silently,” Ben Barak told Fox News Digital. “We will hit every time we see military training or smuggling of arms. They will never have armored tanks or vehicles.”

Ben Barak said that Israel cannot remain in Gaza in the long term: “If we stayed as we did in Lebanon for 19 years, we will be ashamed. The only way to win is that someone else replaces Hamas and governs Gaza.”

He also pointed to the West as a partial model: “In the West Bank, the Palestinian authority governs, and we operate from the perimeter when necessary. We need the same in Gaza: a civil authority internationally backed that reconstructs the strip (Gaza) and keeps Hamas outside.”

Even so, he warned against the illusions of peace.

“There will be no peace in the next 20 years. But as Egypt did with the Muslim Brotherhood, we can suppress Hamas’ ideology and prevent it from being rooted again.”

Ben Barak also said Gazans who want to leave It should be allowed: “Leave them. If you have visas and want to go, Israel should leave them. It will make military operations easier in a less densely populated area.”

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Israeli forces are now deeply integrated in Gaza, with simultaneous operations in the North, South and Central regions.

“These are not symbolic movements,” said Amiderror. “We are positioning ourselves for the next stage. We will eventually need to reach each tunnel, exploit the infrastructure and kill each Hamas terrorist. It is possible, but it will take at least one year.”