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Military analyst Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi said the appointment of an military governor for the Gaza Strip shows the Israeli army is bent on a new stage of escalation in Gaza.
He added the fourth stage of the war operations announced by the Israeli occupation is built on previous stages; whilst adding the Israeli occupation seeks to work through two plans in the coming stage of the war as per his broadcast on Al Jazeera.
He explained Plan “A” will rely on mobile offensive operations that penetrate areas that the Israeli army has not entered before and will rely on intelligence information for this.
He pointed out there is a major problem in this plan as announced by the Israeli army because it will inevitably “avoid the locations of the prisoners.” He asked incredulously however, If the Israeli army knew where they are why didn’t they get them back.”
As for Plan B, Al-Falahi indicated it depends on moving through the Netzarim and Philadelphi axes and carrying out offensive operations in multiple areas, searching for tunnels and forcing the resistance not to move through continuous monitoring by drones and satellites, in addition to using agents and spies.
The military expert warned that Plan B talks about forcing the residents of north Gaza to move towards the central region via the coastal road within what he called the “Heroes’ Plan”, with the aim of completely evacuating the region to provide opportunities for the Israeli families who were displaced to return to their homes in the border areas outside the Strip.
Al-Falahi pointed out the contradiction and major flaw in Plan A announced by the Israeli occupation is that it deviates from the reality that has already proved that military pressure has not resulted in the return of the prisoners for last 11 months except in coffins.
He said reports confirm that Palestinian resistance groups are still capable of carrying out painful strikes against the occupation after they renewed and reintegrated their battalions and carried on with making more rockets and missiles.
