Hamas leaders did not initially take the IDF's war in Gaza seriously, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Sunday night. "They didn’t take it seriously, even when we first went in," Gallant was quoted by the WSJ as saying. Gallant said Israel is fighting an Iranian-led axis, rather than just Hamas, warning that the IDF's war in Gaza "will last for a longer time. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits Israeli troops near the Gaza border on January 4, 2024 (credit: ARIEL HERMONI/DEFENSE MINISTRY)"The world needs to understand. This is different," the defense minister was quoted as saying.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 08, 2024 16:57 UTC