(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - The degrading of Hamas's ability to carry out another Oct. 7 means bulldozing down any structures, industrial or residential, within a kilometer of the border fence. It means destroying city blocks to get to tunnels. And it means uprooting Hamas tunnels - not merely blowing up their shafts, but digging deep down into the earth. "We are working intensely to destroy all of Hamas's infrastructure to make sure that it will not be able to reestablish itself for years," said Lt.-Col. Gideon Ellastam, deputy commander of the Paratroopers Brigade. "The objective is to create a completely different security situation to enable the Israeli residents of the border communities to return home." To "defeat Hamas," said Ellastam, who grew up in Talmei Yosef, not far from the Gaza border, means destroying every defensive position it has, clearing the area of terrorists, and destroying all terrorist infrastructure above and below ground to create a situation where "the enemy can no longer operate" from that area.
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