DECRYPTION – Despite the heavy losses inflicted by Israel, the Islamist armed group still has at least 10,000 fighters.
A year after carrying out their terrorist operation in Israel, Hamas and its leader Yahya Sinwar, still hiding in the tunnels under the Gaza Strip, are seriously weakened but not wiped out. Several of its leaders were killed by Israel, including its leader, Ismaël Haniyeh, in a targeted strike in Tehran, and its number two, Saleh al-Arouri, in another targeted attack in Beirut. In the besieged enclave, Hamas now only practices guerrilla warfare against Israeli soldiers.
In August, the IDF said it had eliminated more than 17,000 Palestinian fighters. Before October 7, Hamas had around 30,000 men in its armed wing. He would therefore have around ten thousand left. But with many commanders and unit leaders gone, its remaining fighting force would be left to its own devices. Hamas no longer appears able to repeat its penetration into Israeli territory. Sunday evening, the head of…
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