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Thursday, October 12, 2023
IDF: Gaza strikes are crippling Hamas’s ability to function
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military’s strikes in the Gaza Strip are crippling Hamas’s ability to function.
“We are destroying Hamas’s ability to function as a sovereign; it is no longer managing to administer Gaza. Hamas is in anarchy and chaos and we need to increase this,” Hagari says in a press conference.
He says the military will strike everyone involved in the murderous attack on southern Israel on Saturday.
“We take the horrific videos and we are identifying the people who committed the atrocities, use facial recognition, and get them… they will not have immunity. Whoever gives them shelter is taking on himself and his family a very big risk,” Hagari says.
Hagari also says it has obtained intelligence from Hamas terrorists Israel has arrested in order to carry out new strikes against its assets in the Gaza Strip.
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