Israeli soldier gives brutal assessment of Gaza fighting—"Endless failures"

An Israeli soldier has given a damning assessment of his country's political leadership as it conducts its war against Hamas.

The comments by Matan Yaffe on X, formerly Twitter, come as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday its fighter jets had struck 450 Hamas targets in Gaza and troops seized a militant compound in the past 24 hours, Reuters reported.

Health officials in Gaza have said that as of Monday, more than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes that followed Hamas's surprise attack on southern Israel on October 7, the Associated Press reported. At least 1,400 people in Israel were killed, and more than 240 hostages seized in Hamas's attack.

Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and has said its forces have encircled Gaza City as pressure grows for it to avoid civilian casualties after refusing a ceasefire until the hostages are released.