"It seems that the regime has taken a decision in its secret military centers to attack Gaza and is waiting for its internal front and its militaries to get prepared and its maneuvers to end," Abu Ahmad said on Tuesday.
He also reiterated that the remarks and threats made by the Zionist politicians and commanders in recent months indicate that the regime is preparing the ground for waging a new war against Gaza.
Abu Ahmad warned Israel against such plots, and reiterated that the Palestinian resistance groups have attained valuable experiences in the recent Israeli onslaught on Gaza and have reinvigorated their capabilities for such confrontation.
"Resistance groups have grown capable enough to reciprocate the Zionist regime's attacks with qualitatively heavy blows on Israel's sensitive and strategic points," he added.
Abu Ahmad's warning came after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said that in a future war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip or Hezbollah in Lebanon, said that in a future conflict the IDF will have to simultaneously use ground forces and standoff firepower.
Ashkenazi gave his speech at the International Conference on Fire and Combined Arms in an Urban Terrain.
"It would be nice if we could stop rocket and missile fire with just standoff firepower," he said. "But it is not possible. We will need to combine our capabilities and also to maneuver on the ground."
To anticipate, Ashkenazi told the audience that the IDF has already been working on creating target banks for future conflicts with Hezbollah and Hamas.
Ashkenazi also said that the IDF was looking into procuring new accurate rockets to increase the ground forces' capability to independently destroy targets with great precision and without needing to rely on air support.
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