Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said today that Iran is no longer capable of effectively using the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah against Israel, Reuters and AFP reported.
“In the last year, the security enforcement by the Israel Defense Forces has brought about a turning point in the war and unprecedented achievements have been achieved in all arenas of the struggle,” Gallant said at a commemoration ceremony in Jerusalem marking the first Jewish calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack. ” in Israel on October 7 last year.
Israel’s defense minister argued that Hamas no longer functions as a military network in Gaza, and that Hezbollah’s high command and most of the Lebanese movement’s missile capacity have been eliminated. The two groups are “no longer effective tools” that Iran can use, Gallant assured.
At the same time, he admitted “painful concessions” that must be made to free the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza for over a year, BTA reported.
Israel’s Defense Ministry said that during a telephone conversation with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin Gallant, he informed him of the success of the Israeli strikes on Iran, and the two discussed the “strategic opportunities” that arose from them, as well as from the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza.