The occupation army: We control 63% of the Gaza Strip... and we have established 40 new military sites

Gaza - Ofoq News - The commander of the occupation army division in the Gaza Strip, Liron Patito, said that the Israeli army controls an area 10% larger than what was stipulated in the ceasefire agreement concluded by Trump.

Three years after the war, the Israeli army is deepening its occupation in the Gaza Strip. In an Israeli army podcast, Patito, who commanded the Givati ​​Brigade on October 7, 2023, gave a comprehensive presentation of the map of control in the Gaza Strip and the targeted assassinations of senior Hamas leaders.

He said, according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper: “The Gaza Division now controls 63% of the area. We have established approximately 40 new advanced military sites, and this gives us a great advantage. The defense is now a frontal defense, as the settlements are behind us, and the army is in the front.”

He pointed out that the damage to the senior leadership of the military wing of the Hamas movement has been almost complete.

The IDF also claims that Hamas is no longer the military and governmental organization it was on the evening of October 6, 2023. Its brigade structure has been dismantled, its senior leadership has been severely damaged, and much of its basic infrastructure has been destroyed. However, its military wing is still trying to rebuild and arm itself, and continues to recruit elements from the residents of the Gaza Strip.