"Hamas reveals April's record: 6,000 fighters have died, how much will it continue to fight? "
The four-month war in Gaza has finally reached an eye-catching turning point! In this international commentary, Uncle Mu interprets Hamas's latest statement, the pinnacle of an information war.
The Israeli side has been unabashedly announcing its own war damage figures, while Hamas has remained secretively silent. Until recently, an anonymous** revealed a staggering figure – in the last 4 months, Hamas has lost a full 6,000 fighters! Whether this number is real or fictional has become the focus of heated discussions among netizens who are concerned about the battle situation.
Figures released by the Israeli side on February 19 show that they have cleared 120,000 Hamasists, with more than 10,000 wounded and surrendered. This resulted in a loss of more than 70 per cent of Hamas's combat effectiveness. This news undoubtedly gave Hamas a blow to the head and spurred them on the path of public war damage.
However, Uncle Mu believes that this figure may not be credible. First of all, the fact that the Hamas Ministry of Health is able to publish the death toll of civilians in Gaza every week is puzzling that it has lost count of its own militants during the war. Moreover, this time the information was not publicly stated by a Hamas spokesman, but was revealed anonymously, and there must be more hidden secrets behind this cover-up.
Even if the figure of 6,000 is true, Uncle Mu points to a worrying reality: at least 6,000 Hamas fighters are still injured and cannot be put on the battlefield anytime soon. Add to this the fact that Israel has about 3,000 Hamas elements who have been arrested and surrendered to the Israeli army, and based on the total number of Hamas fighting troops of 30,000, their combat effectiveness has now lost at least half.
In this context, Hamas's claim to fight to the end seems somewhat reluctant. Large Hamas forces have been largely reduced to the Rafah region in the south, and fighting in the rest of Gaza can be described as sporadic and even rocket fire against Israel has been virtually cut off. This makes Uncle Mu believe that Israel may see more obvious progress in the coming months to achieve the removal of Hamas's threat to security.
On the whole, whether Hamas's statement is true this time has become a thought-provoking puzzle. In the information war, all sides are wrestling, and the truth of the war situation is elusive. We will wait and see where the war in Gaza will go, and continue to pay attention to this turbulent international war!