Hamas has been significantly weakened throughout the war, but is still capable of opening fire on Israeli soldiers and recruiting new fighters, former Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin says.
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00:00Hamas reported to have fired a number of rockets at Israel during the course of
00:05the last week. I mean people will be surprised to hear they're still doing
00:08that so many months after this war begun, after nearly 46,000 people in Gaza have
00:15lost their lives. I mean what is actually even left of Hamas at this stage?
00:20Well we don't really know. Hamas has been pretty badly decimated. Their control and
00:23command is not in place. They don't control all the territory but they have
00:27been able to recruit new fighters. I would say that as long as the Israeli
00:32army remains in Gaza, Hamas will be able to survive and recruit new recruits.
00:36They control some of the humanitarian aid.
00:44Incoming phone call. They control some of the humanitarian aid which allows them
00:48to also get revenues from it and Hamas can engage in pursuit operations
00:56against Israeli soldiers, popping out of buildings or tunnels and being able to
01:00shoot RPGs or guns at Israeli soldiers. And as long as Israeli soldiers are
01:04there, Hamas will have targets and Hamas will remain with some degree of power.