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IDF Chief of Staff: Israel Expanding Operations in Gaza, War to Last Many More Months
(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi said Tuesday that the military is expanding its operations in southern and central Gaza as it is close to dismantling all Hamas battalions in northern Gaza. He said the IDF "will not allow a return to the security reality before Oct. 7, and we will not allow such an event to be repeated." "The Air Force continues to strike non-stop. A building falls when it is an enemy target, a building falls when it poses a danger to our forces. The IDF is focused and precise in its operations. Wherever our forces attack, they are accompanied by heavy fire from the air, sea and land. In every operation in which our forces require firepower, they receive the required cover at its best." "This war has necessary and not easy goals to achieve, it takes place in complex territory. That's why the war will continue for many more months, and we will work with different methods, so that the achievement will be maintained for a long time," he said, adding that the IDF is constantly learning and adapting its fighting methods to each area of Gaza it operates in. "There are no magic solutions, no shortcuts in the thorough dismantling of a terror organization, but stubborn and determined fighting. And we are very, very determined."