He also said that the IDF would be fully able to resume fighting if it halts temporarily in the event of a truce as part of a hostage deal, and that bringing the hostages back home is a more urgent matter than other goals.
“We are fighting this war differently; it is different from its predecessors,” Halevi said in a statement to the press marking six months since Hamas’s October 7 onslaught and the start of the war.
“The war in Gaza continues, and we are far from stopping. Senior Hamas officials are still in hiding. We will get to them sooner or later. We are making progress, continuing to kill more terrorists and commanders and destroy more terror infrastructures, including last night,” he stated.
The IDF on Sunday withdrew the last of its maneuvering ground forces from the Gaza Strip, leaving just one brigade to secure a corridor splitting the Palestinian enclave. READ MORE