[UPDATE-Day 104-Jan 18-22:30Z] Israel-Hamas War: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

Gallant: ‘Unless Hamas is destroyed, we will not be able to live in Israel’ Earlier this week, Gallant signaled the impending end to heavy combat operations in the southern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip The Israel Defense Forces will keep fighting in the Gaza Strip until Hamas’s “significant military and governing capabilities” are eliminated and the 130-plus hostages held captive by the terror group are returned, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday, mere days after announcing a significant reduction in military operations in Gaza. “If the fate of Hamas is not complete dismantlement, we will not…