According to Kadosh, Hamas has appealed to 16- through 18-year-olds to enlist in its forces and, in recent days, security forces have identified attempts to train and equip these newly recruited terrorists.
Hamas is reportedly trying to recruit fighters to replace around 14,000 terrorists that Israel has eliminated in the war so far, and many thousands more who have been wounded in the fighting, as well as around 4,000 who have been captured since the war began.
“All of Hamas’ military frameworks are in recovery, Hamas is trying to rehabilitate throughout the Gaza Strip, but mainly in areas where the IDF does not operate – northern Gaza and Khan Younis,” Kadosh reported on Sunday morning.
While no one knows exactly how many remaining forces Hamas has, the IDF estimates the numbers to be between 5,000 and 10,000 pre-war fighters. The killing of “chain-of-command” senior officers has reportedly made reconstructing destroyed battalions a difficult process.