Al-Monitor website said that despite the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since last October 7, Israeli leaders admit that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is still far from the point of collapse despite the destruction of the infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip.

A senior Israeli military source told Al-Monitor - who requested anonymity - that the movement still retains most of its strength.

He added that the movement's fighters are hiding underground and can move between the south and north of the Gaza Strip through the vast network of tunnels that Hamas dug under Gaza.

The Israeli officer said that the Hamas command structure has borne the brunt of the damage so far, while most of the movement's fighters, estimated at 20,000, were not injured.

Military experts believe that eliminating Hamas is not an easy matter from a military standpoint, because the resistance factions are still capable of fighting, and it may take months and perhaps even years, according to some analysts.

The Wall Street Journal quoted an informed source as saying that the American intelligence community doubts Israel's ability to achieve its declared military goal of eliminating the Hamas movement.

The source added that the Israeli military campaign on the Gaza Strip could cause harm to the Hamas movement and its infrastructure, but it will not be able to eliminate Hamas’ ideology.

For 36 days, the Israeli occupation army has been waging an air, land and sea war on Gaza, during which it destroyed residential neighborhoods on top of their residents. 11,78 Palestinians were martyred, including 4,506 children, 3,027 women, and 678 elderly people, and 27,490 were injured with various injuries, according to official sources.

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