Israel's Military Chief Declares Near Victory in Rafah

Israel's Chief of the General Staff, Herzi Halevi, announced a near victory against Hamas' brigade in Rafah, Gaza. According to Halevi, the brigade is almost dismantled and can no longer operate effectively as a combat unit, even though terrorists remain.

The chief of staff of Israel's military said on Monday that Hamas' brigade in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly dismantled.

"We are clearly approaching the point where we can say we have dismantled the Rafah Brigade, that it is defeated not in the sense that there are no more terrorists, but in the sense that it can no longer function as a fighting unit," said Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi.