A top Israeli official on Wednesday said the Israel Defense Forces will continue its military operations in Gaza for seven more months to destroy the remaining Hamas terrorists.
The war in Gaza will likely continue through at least the end of the year, an Israeli official warned Wednesday, seeming to dismiss the idea that fighting would end after the military offensive against Hamas in Rafah.
National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi's remarks were made as Israel was expanding its offensive in Rafah, which has been the scene of intense fighting that has killed dozens, including displaced Palestinians.
Israel's war with Hamas is likely to last through the end of the year, a top Israeli official said Wednesday, a grim prediction for a war already in its eighth month that has killed tens of thousands, deepened Israel's global isolation and brought the region repeatedly to the brink of a wider confla…