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Israel has failed in its plans to completely destroy Hamas.
An investigation by the well-known American media, CNN in collaboration with the US-based Institute for the Study of War, refutes Israel's claims that it has dealt a severe blow to Hamas' fighting capabilities. CNN's investigation uncovers many clues that claim that many of the Hamas battalions are in fact still operational and being organized.
The regrouping of Hamas has occurred in two different ways. Some units of the Qassam Brigades have regrouped, uniting badly damaged cells to create effective combat battalions; others have regenerated, recruiting new fighters and producing new weapons from explosives left behind by Israeli forces.
Former Hamas groups have been decimated, forcing the militant organization to rely on guerrilla tactics, setting up traps and ambushes, usually when Israeli troops have launched an incursion into the center of a camp or neighborhood, CNN cites.
The lack of a governing body and the curbing of humanitarian aid by Israel worsens the situation in Gaza. Looting and sporadic fighting between clans are on the rise, sources on the ground told CNN, while the UN reports that infectious diseases, including polio, which had previously been eradicated in Gaza, are reportedly spreading rapidly.
So far, only three of Hamas' 24 battalions have been destroyed, eight are still effective in combat and the rest have only weakened, CNN points out.
The most intact battalions would be deployed in the central Gaza Strip, CNN points out, citing anonymous Israeli military sources. From the materials available to the American media , it appears that the Israeli army has avoided taking large-scale actions because it is believed that Hamas fighters are still holding many Israeli prisoners./CNN
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