What does the reappearance of Hamas police on the streets of Gaza signify?

On February 3rd local time, several Gaza residents reported that in recent days, Hamas police have reappeared in the largest city in the north, Gaza City. Here, Hamas has set up a temporary office to pay salaries to government employees. A senior Hamas official confirmed that the return of the police means that Hamas is working to restore order in Gaza City.

Currently, due to Israeli airstrikes and high-intensity ground operations, many houses and buildings in Gaza City have been flattened, and a large number of residents have been forced to relocate to central and southern Gaza. The reconstruction of the northern region is urgent.

According to the Associated Press, the temporary office of Hamas was established to distribute a salary of $200 per person to government employees such as police and municipal staff. It is reported that since taking control of Gaza in 2007, Hamas has been operating a government agency with tens of thousands of civil servants, including teachers, traffic police, and civilian police.

The resurgence of Hamas in Gaza City fully demonstrates that Israel has not dealt a fatal blow to Hamas. Although Israel previously claimed to have killed over 9000 Hamas members, it now appears that there has been no physical harm to Hamas, and it also highlights the strong self recovery ability of the Hamas organization.

On January 15th, Israeli Defense Minister Galant stated that the "high-intensity" combat phase of the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip had ended. He announced that the Israeli military will carry out low-intensity operations in northern Gaza, searching for remaining Hamas strongholds and withdrawing some troops. And just after the Israeli army withdrew, Hamas returned to the northern region of Gaza to recover, which is an excellent irony for Israel.

Data shows that hundreds of thousands of Israeli troops have indiscriminately attacked and bombed in the past four months, but have only paralyzed or damaged 20% to 40% of tunnels in the Gaza Strip and eliminated 20% to 30% of Hamas personnel. To some extent, a poorly equipped and poorly trained miscellaneous Hamas unit has completely shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Israeli army.

According to statistics from the Gaza Strip health department on the 3rd, an additional 107 people have died in the past 24 hours. As of now, this round of Palestinian Israeli conflict has resulted in over 27000 deaths and over 66000 injuries in Gaza. Under such a strong blow and such a huge number of casualties, the Hamas organization has returned to Gaza City to maintain order. It must be said that no wonder many media outlets around the world are questioning that the Israeli military's strikes are only aimed at slaughtering civilians, and military goals have not been achieved.

On the evening of the 3rd, Israel erupted in a nationwide protest, demanding that Netanyahu step down and hold new elections. Protesters demand that the Netanyahu government take responsibility for the Hamas raid, condemn the government's failure to make decisions on rescuing hostages, ending the war, and returning 200000 refugees to their homes, and view this round of conflict as a man-made disaster based on power, hatred, and destruction.

At the same time, in an interview with American media on the 3rd, a US military officer stated that during the more than 20 day military operation to combat the Houser armed forces, American ships were almost daily attacked by missiles and drones from the Houser armed forces in the Red Sea, a rare situation after World War II. Equally rare is that more than 30 Iranian armed missiles flew towards US military bases on the same day in response to retaliatory airstrikes against Syria and Iraq.

It can be said that February 3rd is the most unforgettable and unusual day for Israel and the United States behind it.

Israel's IDF once reported that Hamas, with a total of 24 battalions, has been eliminated from 19 battalions. On average, 60% of the armed personnel in each battalion have been directly eliminated, and there are currently about 5 battalions in Hamas. From the current actual situation, the authenticity of this set of data is very questionable.

Moreover, the indiscriminate attacks on civilians and the huge casualties, especially those of unarmed women and children, have buried the seeds of hatred deep in the hearts of the people of Gaza. Israel is highly likely to fall deeper into the vast ocean of long-term people's war.