India, Dec. 7 -- Despite nearly two years of sustained Israeli military pressure, Hamas military wing in Rafah appears to have retained enough structure to function, adapt and absorb losses. This has been revealed by recent reports quoting Hamas sources in regional media and by Israel's killing of three senior commanders on Sunday.

The accounts point to a movement that prepared early for a long war through its subterranean network , maintained command cohesion underground even as Israeli forces pushed deeper into Rafah , and continues to operate within a system built to absorb tactical setbacks without strategic collapse. The Hamas cadre itself revealed these methods to prove how "resilient" they are.

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