Addressing a press conference in Tehran on Wednesday, Nasser Abu-Sharif, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's representative in Iran, dismissed the Israeli regime’s claim that the “third phase” of the war on Gaza is a more targeted operation, saying it not a change of tactic but a sign of weakness and retreat.
He said the Israeli regime would undoubtedly deploy all its forces into Gaza at once if it deemed it possible.
The Islamic Jihad official pointed out that the Israeli regime is paying its soldiers $80 per day in Gaza, adding that these individuals were previously employed in other professions before the war.
Consequently, the war in Gaza has created a shortage of manpower in various sectors of the Israeli economy, Abu-Sharif said.
The Israeli regime had no choice but to withdraw some of its soldiers from Gaza, he explained. “Therefore, this is not a tactic but a consequence of the weakness and failure of the Zionist regime.”
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