Israel National News reports: “Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of British military forces in Afghanistan, spoke to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News on the sidelines of the JNS International Policy Summit held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem.

Asked on the current situation in terms of Israel’s war against Hamas, Col. Kemp replied, ‘I think Hamas is now feeling a significant amount of the weight of the IDF on it, and the only reason it’s not feeling even more is because the IDF has to be cautious about the hostages. But at the same time, they’re making mincemeat of Hamas.’

‘Most of Hamas’s most senior leadership has been destroyed, huge numbers of their terrorists have been destroyed, a lot of their equipment, so I think they’re very much on the back foot, and I would hope that Hamas will be completely eliminated as a fighting organization within perhaps a few weeks,’ he added…”