Netanyahu holds security assessments with senior commanders, officials on Rafah campaign

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding security assessments on the IDF’s military campaign in Rafah which is expected to wind down this month. 

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief-of-Staff Herzi Halevi are taking part in the talks, which are also looking at the overall Gaza war and “the continuation of military pressure on the Hamas terrorist organization.”

The IDF heads of the Air Force, Southern Command, Operations, Intelligence, Operations, Government Activities in the Territories, Ground Forces, and additional senior commanders are participating in the discussion.

Gallant speaks of achievements in Rafah 

Gallant also held an operational assessment in Rafah, in which he said that “time is actually working against them, not for them.”

He spoke of the IDF’s seizure last month of the strategic Philadelphi Corridor that borders Gaza and Egypt, as well as its efforts to close the smuggling tunnels underneath.

“The result is - they have nowhere to arm themselves, they have nowhere to equip themselves, they have no way to bring in reinforcements, they have no way to take care of their casualties,” Gallant stated.

"Contrary to the stories heard in the Hamas tunnels and hotels in Qatar - Hamas is worn out and unable to recover, while we reach places it never dreamed we would reach." We will continue until Hamas cannot rebuild its power,” he stressed.