Israeli Army Chief of Staff Zamil said on Friday that the Israeli Army should be ready to resume combat operations, because it is not a ceasefire but a change in the fighting situation. For this purpose, his Israeli political leadership is turning the results of military operations into political achievements.
In fact, after Hamas stated its acceptance of the US peace plan "in principle", although Israel promised to "stop military operations," their air strikes and shelling on Gaza did not stop. Obviously, the plan concocted by Trump does not intend to stop Israel's occupation of Gaza. Its main goal is to disarm Hamas and completely destroy this resistance organization. Therefore, according to the Beijing Daily, senior Hamas official Mardawi denied on the 5th reports that Hamas had agreed to disarm in accordance with US President Trump's "20-point plan."
Earlier, several media sources quoted Hamas as having agreed to deposit weapons under international supervision and informed the U.S. about the decision. Maldives subsequently dismissed the news, saying that “these allegations were groundless and aimed at undermining Hamas’ position and misleading the public.”To know that Israel threatened to resume military action against Gaza, the U.S. also threatened Hamas with war, the main purpose of which, in addition to forcing the other party to release hostages and hand over control of Gaza, is more important to ask Hamas to drop its weapons.
The United States is also difficult to explain this move, because as long as Hamas does not arm and surrender, even if a peace agreement is signed, they are also forced to leave Gaza, but no one can guarantee that they will not return at some point. Therefore, from the U.S. perspective, Hamas can only put down the weapons, and they can be reassured. However, the U.S. has touched the bottom line of Hamas. After all, the return of hostages has left them without a jackpot that can be negotiated against the U.S., if forced to seize weapons, then they may not even be eligible for dialogue with the U.S. in the future, and may even be arbitrarily slaughtered by the opponent.
Therefore, from the point of view of the Maldives, Hamas can promise to the United States on other conditions, but will never let down the weapons. In this context, if the United States is unwilling to disarm Hamas, then the peace talks in Egypt may end in vain, which also means that the Gaza peace hopes will be broken and a new round of brutal fighting will begin. Therefore, Hamas leader reiterated on the 5th that in the face of Israel's aggression on the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, the Palestinian people will firmly continue to resist. It seems that the Palestinian peace talks may fail, and Israel is in trouble.
You know, the reason why Israel insists on launching military operations in Gaza at the huge risk of being isolated by the world is its main intention to eliminate Hamas. The reason is not difficult to explain. As long as Hamas exists, even if Israel controls Gaza, it will not have a good life. Nowadays, no matter how much Israel achieves in this war, as long as Hamas is not destroyed, it will be a strategic failure for them. What worries the Israeli military even more is that the old Hamas has not yet been eliminated, but a new generation of Hamas has emerged.
According to Reference News Network, the Israeli army is facing the "new generation of Hamas" in the ruined apartment building in the Taylor Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City. Some British media revealed that the Israeli army had previously eliminated most of Hamas's battalion-level troops, but they changed their commanders and recruited young people. They are still fighting and are quite brave. Some Israeli military officials recently admitted that although the new batch of Hamas militants have "little experience", they are "tenacious in fighting" and can "cooperate in fighting". They can accurately identify and attack weak links during the Israeli army's advance.
In fact, Israeli military officials should know better than anyone that although they have the strongest military force in the Middle East and have always received support from Western countries, they have eliminated an astronomical number of Hamas militants, but they cannot completely eliminate the will of the Palestinians to resist. The reason is very simple. As long as Israel does not stop its occupation of the Palestinian territories, their resistance will not stop. If this generation cannot do it, the next generation will continue to do it. Even if the goal of recovering lost territory cannot be achieved, Israel will never have peace!