Israel army chief says Gaza war ‘will last many more months’

This handout picture released by the Israeli army on December 23, 2023 reportedly shows the Israeli army's Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi (C) during a situational assessment with Israeli army soldiers in Khan Yunis with the Head of the Southern Command Major General Yaron Finkelman (L) and the CO of the 98th Brigade Brigadier General Dan Goldfus (R); amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Photo by Israeli Army / AFP

Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip will last "for many more months," Israel's army chief Herzi Halevi said on Tuesday.

The war "will continue for many more months, and we will work with different methods so that our achievements are preserved for a long time", Halevi said at a televised press conference.

"There are no magic solutions, there are no shortcuts when it comes to thoroughly dismantling a terrorist organisation except being stubborn and determined in the fighting."

Halevi said the army was concentrating its efforts in the south of the Gaza Strip, adding that many "terrorists have been eliminated and hundreds have been taken captive".

Israel army chief says Gaza war ‘will last many more months’

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