"Two years after Israel began its military campaign against the Gaza-based militant group began, observers say Hamas is down but not out. That is despite the Israeli military's vastly superior firepower and weapons, and Israeli leaders' insistence on "total victory." "Hamas has seen a lot of military setbacks, but it still has the ability to regroup and also retains command and control," Marina Miron, a researcher in the War Studies Department at King's College in London, told DW."
"A year into the conflict, "more detailed IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] reports on the killing of militants containing specifics on timeframes, locations, or operations, account for approximately 8,500 fatalities," the US-based conflict monitor, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data, or ACLED, reported in October 2024. "This figure also includes militants from other armed groups and possibly other non-combatant Hamas members.""
"Before this current round of fighting began in the Palestinian territory preceded by the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks in Israel that resulted in nearly 1,200 deaths the militant group was estimated to have had between 25,000 and 30,000 fighters. Over the past two years, various Israeli security sources say they have killed between 17,000 and 23,000 of those."
Two years into Israel's military campaign, Hamas is weakened but remains capable of regrouping and exercising command and control. Before the fighting began after October 7, 2023, Hamas was estimated to have 25,000–30,000 fighters. Israeli security sources claim 17,000–23,000 of those fighters were killed, while more detailed IDF accounts and ACLED data attribute roughly 8,500 militant fatalities a year into the conflict. A classified Israeli database listed about 8,900 named fighters dead or probably dead as of May 2025. Those figures imply that over 80% of the more than 66,000 people killed in Gaza are civilians.
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