Israeli security forces have killed just 20-30 percent of Hamas’s terrorists in the Gaza Strip, US intelligence agencies reportedly estimate.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the US believes the terror group still has enough munitions to continue fighting Israeli forces for a number of months.
The US figures appear to largely square with Israeli estimates.
Last week, the IDF said that more than 9,000 Hamas operatives and members of other terror groups have been killed by the IDF in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war, in addition to some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7, when gunmen rampaged through southern communities massacring some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting over 240 to Gaza.
In 2021, a senior IDF commander said that Hamas was believed to have around 30,000 fighters.
The IDF has assessed that fighting in Gaza will likely last throughout all of 2024, as Israel works to strip Hamas of its military and governing capabilities. It has also vowed to continue fighting until all remaining hostages are released from captivity.
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