Pulling back? Why, for God’s sake? Is Israel making the right move?
Their forces have been hell on wheels against Hamas’ forces—the IDF has proven to be unstoppable.
This from townhall.com.
They have tactically and successfully split the Gaza Strip in two, slowly degrading the terror groups’ imprint in the region. The Goal: Eradicate Hamas from the face of the Earth.
This is not a question of if but when at this point. Israeli troops have begun flooding the terror tunnels; they’re knocking off Hamas’ top leadership throughout the region. Whether they be in Gaza City or Beirut, Israel will kill these people as a result of their genocidal terror attack on October 7.
Throw an anvil…your opponent is drowning, not a life vest.
Instead, Israel is withdrawing some 7,000 troops. The rationale is not unordinary since wars are expensive. The mass deployment has been a strain on the Israeli economy, but the underlying concern is that The Obiden Regime has pushed for a reduced footprint in Gaza. They want a more targeted war, utilizing special forces groups to wipe out Hamas terrorists.
From The New York Times:
The Israeli military said on Monday that it would begin withdrawing several thousand troops from the Gaza Strip at least temporarily, in what was the most significant publicly announced reduction since the war with Hamas began.
The military cited a growing toll on the Israeli economy after nearly three months of wartime mobilization with little end in sight to the fighting. Israel had been considering scaling back its operations, and the United States has been prodding it to do so more quickly as the death toll and privation in Gaza rose.
More than 20,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war, most of them civilians, according to the local health authorities, primarily in Israeli bombing. With aid delivery restricted and aid workers unable to move safely within the territory, half of Gaza’s roughly 2.2 million people are at risk of starvation, according to the United Nations.
Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesman, emphasized that the move to demobilize some soldiers did not suggest any compromise of Israel’s intention to continue fighting until it destroys Hamas, and the fighting across Gaza remained intense. Admiral Hagari, who had said he expected “warfare throughout this year,” indicated that some troops would be called back to service in 2024.
He did not mention the American requests to scale back, and Israeli officials have not declared any shift toward a more limited, targeted phase of the war in Gaza, though they have said such a transition would come.
But military analysts and U.S. officials say the troop withdrawal probably signals that such a change has begun, though they caution that the war is nowhere near over.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is expected to return to Israel in early January for further talks on the war, according to U.S. officials. Last week, President Biden pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a tense conversation to take a more surgical approach to the war, using special forces to attack the leaders and infrastructure of Hamas, the militant group that has controlled Gaza.
Whatever The Regime pushes from D.C. should be viewed with skepticism and concern, given that it is corrupt and recurringly wrong about foreign policy. And the Puppet Head—Joe-Joe Biden—is a one-trick pony. That trick being his prowess with lying. Bottom line: He is not to be trusted with anyone’s security.
But to eye this update from a practicability standpoint, Hamas has not been able to stop the IDF and with significant numbers of their forces wiped out by Israeli assaults, this may very well be an appropriate time for the start of the low-intensity phase.
A methodical approach will make this the longest phase of the war, which is why everyone observing is warning the public that this conflict is nowhere near close to being finished. And Israel still has the Lebanon front that could open up.
God speed to the IDF.
