Depleted Hamas focuses on desperate new aim: capturing an Israeli soldier

<p>Militant group has become adept at exploiting successful attacks – and now needs all the leverage it can get for talks</p><p>As Hamas intensifies its insurgent campaign against Israeli forces in Gaza, it is focusing on a new aim: capturing an Israeli soldier.</p><p>Last week, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sergeant was killed in Khan Younis in southern Gaza in an attempted abduction. Hamas militants also tried to take away the remains of 25-year-old Abraham Azulay but abandoned the effort when attacked by other Israeli forces.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/12/depleted-hamas-focuses-on-desperate-new-aim-capturing-an-israeli-soldier">Continue reading...</a>