New York Times report: U.S. intelligence officers estimate only a third of Hamas fighters have been killed

[Nanjeanne]

From Haaretz Updates - Free Link [link:https://archive.is/W1jKR|]

Senior U.S. military intelligence officers told congress members in recent days that while Israel has degraded Hamas' military capabilities, it is not close to eliminating it, the New York Times reported.

The officers refrained from providing estimates of the number of Hamas fighters killed, but said in private conversations that it looks like only a third of the members of the organization's military wing have been killed, the report said.

The New York Times report also noted that the officers emphasized the lesson that the U.S. had learned from past wars – that there is no wisdom in counting the number of dead among enemy fighters.

28,000 Palestinians - so many of them children - dead. And Netanyahu is trading away hostages lives to continue his commitment to staying in power and nothing else. When will they ever learn … when will they ever learn.

[GreenWave]

1. Only? nt

[EX500rider]

2. So a third of them in 4 months

So they'll need about 8 more months to finish the job

[Nanjeanne]

3. Just 8 more months and 56,000 more dead. Not including the hostages. And as long as no one else

joins the fight and the US keeps giving our $ to Israel and no other groups/countries/terrorists join up. Easy Peasy. Sounds great.