Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Abu Zaid: I believe that the Iranian operation was multi-layered, combining cyber and electronic attacks with coordinated on-the-ground infiltrations by agents
Abu Zaid: Usually, archives of such sensitivity are typically protected by a full-scale security system, but it appears that Iranian intelligence managed to make use of a gap in it
Strategic military expert Nidal Abu Zaid: Iran has stripped "Israel" of the superiority and deterrence long boasted by its security minister, chief of staff, and other top officials
Fallahpour: Iran may use these documents in its battle with the United States and Western countries over its nuclear program
Fallahpour: Iran may have obtained additional documents related to "Israel's" regional projects, not just its nuclear program
Fallahpour: The coming weeks will be full of surprises, as Iran has forced Israeli intelligence agencies into a state of psychological exhaustion
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Tehran, Siavash Fallahpour: Iran has redefined the concept of deterrence, shifting it away from traditional military balance toward a new strategic framework
Sources to Al Mayadeen: Number of documents so great that merely studying them, along with accompanying images and footage will require a great deal of time.
Sources to Al Mayadeen: Large data trove was confirmed to have arrived to "safe sites".
Sources to Al Mayadeen: Operation had taken place in past, but large size of documents and need to transfer entire batch inside Iran necessitated secrecy.

Israeli forces spox says Hamas can't be destroyed, Netanyahu responds

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Israeli media
  • 19 Jun 2024 22:37
  • 5 Shares
3 Min Read

Hagari explained that if there was no alternative found by the Israeli government, Hamas would remain in Gaza.

Listen
  • x
  • IOF spokesman says Hamas can't be destroyed
    Israeli occupation forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari during a speech (AFP) 

According to Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, an Israeli military spokesperson, the goal of "eradicating Hamas" is unattainable.

IOF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari described the objective of destroying the Palestinian Resistance movement of Hamas as impossible, prompting a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Hamas is an idea. Those who think it can be made to disappear are wrong,” Hagari told Israeli Channel 13, adding that anyone offering this solution is "misleading the public."

Read more: From North to South, ‘Israel’ isolated, cornered, and dealt blows

He added that if there was no alternative found by the Israeli government, Hamas would remain in Gaza.

In response, Netanyahu's office released a statement citing that one of the war goals was the "destruction of Hamas's military and governance capabilities," adding that the Israeli occupation forces are "committed" to that goal.

Hagari confirmed on Saturday evening that the army will not be able to retrieve all the captives in the Gaza Strip through military operations, according to Israeli Channel 12.

This echoes the remarks of Amos Harel, a military affairs analyst for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, who argued that "Israel is not close to total victory," adding that the retrieval of a large number of captives in the Gaza Strip "will only be possible through a deal that requires significant concessions."

In turn, the Israeli newspaper Maariv quoted the former head of the Operations Directorate in the Israeli military, Major General (Res.) Israel Ziv, affirming that "only a deal can bring back the Israeli hostages."

Related News

Abu Obeida: Captive area surrounded, you won’t retrieve him alive

110 martyred, 1,000+ injured by IOF in Gaza aid distribution points

Ziv added that the deal should be part of a comprehensive deal to end the war, noting that such a deal "is more in our favor because we are facing an existential threat in the North."

Gaza Resistance factions join forces, target Israeli forces

Within the framework of the ongoing operations of the Palestinian Resistance factions against the Israeli forces invading the Gaza Strip, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, targeted the occupation forces stationed at the Tell al-Sultan site in Rafah with heavy mortar shells.

The al-Qassam Brigades also targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an al-Yassin 105 rocket near the al-Jawazat Roundabout east of Rafah City in the southern Gaza Strip.

Additionally, al-Qassam released footage showing their fighters engaging Israeli forces positioned at the Netzarim axis with short-range Rajum rockets of 114 mm caliber.

#بالفيديو | كتائب القسام تستهدف قوات الاحتلال المتموضعة في محور "نتساريم" بصواريخ "رجوم".#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/pIYjT30OJW

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 18, 2024

Meanwhile, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, shelled an Israeli military position along the supply route at the Netzarim Axis south of Gaza City with mortar shells.

The Brigades also targeted the Israeli military sites Karem Abu Salem and Sufa, east of Rafah, with heavy mortars.

Moreover, the al-Quds Brigades simultaneously bombarded an Israeli command center and troop positions with 107 rockets and mortars in the southern Saudi neighborhood and Tal al-Sultan west of Rafah.

On its part, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced that its fighters shelled Israeli troop gatherings and military vehicles in the southern Tell al-Sultan neighborhood.

The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades released a video showing its rocket and artillery attacks on Israeli positions at the Netzarim Axis on the first day of the Eid al-Adha Islamic holiday on Sunday.

  • Palestine
  • Israel
  • Hamas
  • Palestinian resistance
  • Israeli occupation
  • Daniel Hagari
  • Israeli occupation forces
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Lebanon's PM Nawaf Salam meets with US envoy Morgan Ortagus in Beirut on April 5, 2025 (Dalati Nohra via AP)AP)

Morgan Ortagus to exit US role in Lebanon amid policy shift

  • Politics
  • 1 Jun 2025
A Palestinian woman mourns as she embraces the body of her daughter Mayar Abu Odeh, 8, who was killed in an Israeli army strike on Gaza. at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP)

French port workers block arms shipment to 'Israel' amid Gaza genocide

  • Politics
  • 4 Jun 2025
New Syrian group claims Golan strike, vows resistance to 'Israel'

New Syrian group claims Golan strike, vows resistance to 'Israel'

  • Politics
  • 4 Jun 2025
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP)

Boston Consulting Group withdraws from GHF

  • Palestine
  • 3 Jun 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pentagon-chief--nato-likely-to-back-trump-s-5--defence-spend
Politics

Europe spent $3 trillion on defense, but got little in return - FT

Power, parties, and scandal: Trump’s ties to Epstein: Telegraph
Europe

Power, parties, and scandal: Trump’s ties to Epstein - The Telegraph

Eilat port as seen from the sea, occupied Palestine, March 12 2009 (wikimedia commons)
Politics

YAF operations forced 80% plunge in Eilat port revenues in 2024

EU backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges
Europe

EU backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS