(Telegraph-UK) Col. Richard Kemp - Israel is winning decisively in Gaza, with Hamas consistently outgunned and outfought. The butchers of Oct. 7 are beginning to lay down their weapons and surrender in droves or just run away. The last few days have seen some of the heaviest fighting so far. The consequences have been devastating for the terrorists. Many have been killed, including battalion commanders who cannot be replaced. The growing number of prisoners will give up critical intelligence on operational plans and the whereabouts of senior Hamas leaders. Within Gaza, ordinary people know their lives have been devastated and loved ones killed and maimed as a result of Hamas' actions. The fight is not yet over but Israel's objectives are being met with greater speed and effectiveness than many expected. Wisely, the Israelis took little heed of American and British military experts that urged restraint, advising the IDF not to invade with armored divisions but instead rely on special forces raids as they themselves had done in Iraq and Afghanistan. That didn't work there and it wouldn't have worked in Gaza. Netanyahu was also right about his strategy for preventing a regional war: go strong and Iran's proxy terrorist groups will waver. Hizbullah and its masters in Tehran are clearly shaken as they watch their allies in Gaza being eviscerated. With all this plain to see, why is there a narrative in the West that Israel is somehow failing? The writer, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, was chairman of the UK's national crisis management committee, COBRA.
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