Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant told US national security adviser Jake Sullivan that the war against Hamas in Gaza would last “more than several months,” according to Israel’s Ministry of Defense.
”Hamas is a millitant organization that built itself over a decade to fight Israel, and they built infrastructure under the ground and above the ground, and it is not easy to destroy them. It will require a period of time — it will last more than several months, but we will win and we will destroy them,” Gallant said, according to a transcript of the meeting released by the defense ministry on Thursday.
Gallant also thanked Sullivan for US support of Israel’s campaign in Gaza, saying, “The United States and Israel share common interests, common values; and in this war, we also share common goals.”
