Israel has destroyed around two thirds of Hamas' fighting regiments in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, vowing to press on with the war until "complete victory."
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"There are two stages to the fighting; The first is destroying the Hamas regiments, those are their organized combat frameworks," Netanyahu said at a news conference in Tel Aviv.
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"Up until now sixteen or seventeen out of twenty four have been destroyed. After that there is the [stage] of clearing the territory [of terrorists]. The first action is usually shorter, the second usually takes longer."
PM Netanyahu, this evening:
"In the last 48 hours, our soldiers have conducted battles in Khan Yunis, in which they eliminated dozens of terrorists. In the northern Gaza Strip, our soldiers destroyed rocket launchers and eliminated dozens of terrorists.https://t.co/27SpkwBtvo pic.twitter.com/ncuQYFEZgo— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) January 18, 2024
Holding up a photo of a fallen soldier, Netanyahu said troops will not have died in vain and pledged fighting would continue until Hamas has been defeated and the hostages in Gaza recovered.
"Victory will take many more months but we are determined to achieve it," Netanyahu said.
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