RAFAH REVELATIONS UNDERCUT CLAIMS OF 'UNNECESSARY' ISRAELI STRIKES

New reports reveal Hamas’ underground organisation sustaining operations despite continuous Israeli assaults.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

Despite nearly two years of sustained Israeli military pressure, Hamas’ military wing in Rafah appears to have retained enough structure to function, adapt and absorb losses.

This has been revealed by recent reports quoting Hamas sources in regional media and by Israel’s killing of three senior commanders on Sunday.

The accounts point toa movement that prepared early fora long war through its subterranean network, maintained command cohesion underground even as Israeli forces pushed deeper into Rafah, and continues to operate within a system built to absorb tactical setbacks without strategic collapse. The Hamas cadre itself revealed these methods to prove how “resilient” they are.

Taken together, this picture also belies the narrative in some quarters that Israeli forces are carrying outunnecessary or arbitrary attacks; instead, it suggests that senior Hamas operatives remain active and embedded within the very areas Israel continues to target.