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Diminished Hamas relying on ambushes, improvised bombs

Hamas has seen about half its forces wiped out in the eight-month war in Gaza and is relying on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to frustrate Israel's attempts to take control of the enclave, US and Israeli officials told Reuters.

My colleagues Samia Nakhoul, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay report that the fighters are now largely avoiding sustained skirmishes with Israeli forces closing in on the southernmost city of Rafah.

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Israeli soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, March 2024. via Israel Defense Forces

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