This is

this is CBS I and the world. I'm John Bachelor.

I welcome Jonathan Schans or Vice President of the Foundation for the

Defense of democracies, and we're going to go very carefully

over the fronts that Israel now is facing in these next weeks.

The headline in the Times of Israel, Galad, the defense minister, Hamas as a military formation that's in quotes in Gaza is gone.

IDF focus shifting to the north.

Defense minister subhead tells foreign press IDF could

withdraw from Philadelphia Corridor for six weeks in a deal of free hostages

without endangering security.

Two pieces here.

One is north, one is south.

I want to concentrate on the north.

Ready to go north, Jonathan.

Now, good evening to you.

What does that mean?

Interpret that for my audience, please?

Absolutely.

Well, the Israelis have been struggling with their posture.

They've been, I think, pushed by the United States to stay away from the Northern Front. They've been told very clearly by the United States, don't start wars that you cannot finish.

So they have been fighting in the South and they have been, you know, it's been a tough slog, it's been 10 months of intense fighting. They have finally gotten to the point declared by Yov Galant, the defense minister of Israel, that they have essentially dismantled

Hamas's military abilities.

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