It seems IDF is "scaling down" the operation in Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/8/israel-says-it-is-scaling-down-north-gaza-operations-what-does-that-mean
The Telegraph reports similar.
Deutsche Welle headlines are also about tuning it down, mostly giving voice to opinions from outside Israel.
Netanyahu said Israel don't want to take away from Gaza, they don't displace Palestinians (he has to say this to avoid charges of genocide, South Africa is making a case against Israel), I made a screenshot of a different quote from him, see pic #2
>demilitarize
>deradicalize
I'm hearing Putin now:
<demilitarize
<denazify
Weeb Union says this means they withdraw from Northern Gaza:
https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=EF9T-m8nP0E
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EF9T-m8nP0E [Embed]
This also reminds me of the Ukrainian situation when Russia withdrew their forces from the north, and Putin said they achieved their goals and destroyed the Ukrainian military (demilitarized and denazified). And see where this got them. Still fighting a war.
And this will leave Israel at the same place. They claim they decimated Hamas, but the heads will regrew soon, and they'll back at step 1, a simmering conflict lasting forever.