One of three Israeli brigades is reported to have remained – possibly in northern and eastern parts of Jabalia – after Israel’s forces withdrew from other areas of the refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, war monitors said.
In their latest Gaza battlefield update, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said Palestinian fighters continued to launch attacks on Israeli forces on Thursday amid the Jabalia withdrawal.
In what was described as some of the “most intense” fighting of the war to date, three Hamas battalions mounted a sustained defence of Jabalia in the face of a massive Israeli incursion which began on May 11.
“Hamas and other Palestinian militias will almost certainly resume their efforts to reconstitute in Jabalia as Israeli forces withdraw. There are remaining pockets around Jabalia that Israeli forces have not cleared,” the ISW and CTP said in their joint report.
“Hamas will capitalize on these remaining forces to rebuild their capabilities and networks in and around Jabalia,” the monitors said, adding that US and Israeli officials are concerned that “Hamas will survive in the Gaza Strip without a post-war plan that involves an alternative to Hamas rule”.
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