Israeli Defense Chief: It Will Take Months to Defeat Hamas in Gaza

Israeli defense chief Yoav Gallant told visiting White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday that it will take several months for Israeli forces to defeat Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli defense minister said that Hamas has been building its 'infrastructure under the ground and above the ground' in Gaza for more than a decade and that to destroy the Islamist group, 'it will requ