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Hamas Is Depleted in Gaza
(Times of Israel) Stav Levaton - While the IDF continues to carry out near-daily strikes in Gaza, which Israel says are aimed at thwarting threats to its forces or responding to violations of the truce, Hamas's last known attempt to fire a rocket at Israel came in January, when the IDF detected a failed launch from the Gaza City area. Samuel Ben-Ur, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said, "If they could carry out another Oct. 7-style attack today, they would." Instead, Hamas's restraint is more likely a reflection of its current capabilities than its ambitions. Israeli military officials said in March that while Hamas is attempting to rearm amid the ceasefire, it is nowhere near attaining the strength it had before the war. The IDF assessed that Hamas's efforts to rearm were "very limited," largely because it no longer has access to weapons-smuggling routes across the Egyptian border. Analysts assess that Hamas continues to possess assault rifles, machine guns, and explosives used to manufacture IEDs.