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IDF officer: Hamas is looking for a ‘major success’ before the end of fighting

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IDF officer: Hamas is looking for a ‘major success’ before the end of fighting
Israeli residents and rescue teams are pictured outside a damaged building which received earlier in the day a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, near the border between Israel and the Hamas-run Palestinian territory, on May 17, 2021. - Israel's army said about 3,000 rockets had been fired since last Monday from Gaza towards Israel -- the highest rate ever recorded. Around 450 fell within the coastal strip, while the Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted over 1,000, according to the army. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Military believes the terror group could attempt some kind of cross-border raid or fire a massive salvo toward Tel Aviv.

The Israel Defense Forces believes that Hamas is “trying to have a major success,” such as a cross-border attack or other major assault, which it can hold up as a victory over Israel as the current round of fighting appears to be drawing to a close, a senior officer in the military’s Southern Command told reporters on Wednesday.

The senior officer said he believed the military’s intelligence capabilities would prevent the terror group from conducting a large invasion into Israel, but acknowledged that a smaller operation was possible.

“I don’t think Hamas can do a major surprise ground operation, but it could do a raid,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The officer said Hamas may try to conduct a large-scale barrage on the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, having refrained from firing rockets at the city in recent days.

According to IDF Military Intelligence, the terror group has at least enough long-range munitions to conduct several more barrages of dozens of rockets at Tel Aviv.

(Times of Israel).

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