SUDDEN SILENCE FROM PALESTINIAN FIGHTERS ON ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELI FORCES: MONITORS

Wed 06 March 2024:

Five Palestinian armed groups fighting against Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip did not report any attacks on Tuesday, while two other groups reported one attack each against Israel’s military in the enclave.

In what monitors described as “anomalously low” reports of fighting, the drop followed a day after Palestinian armed groups said on Monday that they had launched at least 15 onslaughts against Israeli forces in Gaza.

“This drop in claims represents a sharp decrease in Palestinian militia activity across the Gaza Strip, but it does not indicate that Israeli action has destroyed or defeated Hamas,” the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said.

According to the ISW and CTP, both US-based defence think tanks, there are two possible conclusions to be drawn from the silence: Israeli forces are no longer permanently present in Gaza City, therefore there are fewer targets for Palestinian fighters to attack. Or, Palestinian fighters have encountered communications problems – though this would hardly affect all groups simultaneously, the monitors said.

“Palestinian militias appear to conduct a spirited defence when Israeli forces do present themselves as targets deep in the Gaza Strip,” the ISW/CTP also noted, adding that Palestinian fighters attacked Israeli forces 92 times in 11 days during Israel’s recent operation to clear the Zeitoun neighbourhood.

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