‘We have to fight all over the Gaza Strip’

Despite the return of the first 50 prisoners to Israeli territory and the temporary ceasefire, clashes on the ground in the Gaza Strip have resumed, while the security services continue to search for the abductees. 

Kathimerini contacted the former director of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), Yaakov Peri, and interviewed him about the future of the war. The experienced security officer tells us about the difficulties in locating the hostages and adds that Israeli forces will operate throughout the Gaza Strip.

Νearly two months after the attack on Israel, Hamas is still holding dozens of hostages. Knowing that Israel has agents and informants in Gaza, why is it so difficult to track their location?

In Gaza, there are 140 Israeli hostages divided into three groups. The first group is those held by civilians. The Palestinian civilians who...