Gallant: Hamas battalions once ‘considered invincible’ now ‘on verge of collapse’

The Times of Israel reports: “Hamas battalions in the Jabaliya and Shejaiya neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip were on the verge of collapse Monday, said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, amid ongoing heavy fighting in and around the terror stronghold of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and rocket fire on central Israel during the day.

‘We have encircled the last strongholds of Hamas in Jabaliya and Shejaiya, the battalions that were considered invincible, that prepared for years to fight us, are on the verge of being dismantled,’ Gallant said at a press conference Monday.

He said hundreds of Hamas operatives had surrendered to Israeli troops in recent days, which ‘shows what is happening’ to the terror group.

The military and the Shin Bet said Monday that forces have arrested more than 500 terror operatives in the Gaza Strip in the last month. They have been taken for questioning by the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 and the security agency…”

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