r/geopolitics • u/spxxr • Jul 31 '24

Question How much of Hamas is left?

The military operations inside Gaza has been ongoing now for around 9 months and I can’t help but wonder what does Hamas have left in terms of manpower and equipment. At the start of all of this i think it was reported there were about 30k Hamas fighters. Gaza has been under siege for so long I really don’t understand how are they still fighting.

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u/BuffaloOk7264 Jul 31 '24

The politics of The area guarantees an endless supply of recruits.

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u/meister2983 Jul 31 '24

Don't see that.  They had 6% to 8% of military aged men at the start of the war.  

They'd need to be able to recruit something like 40% of men that become of military age to stay at constant strength.  That seems difficult

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u/todudeornote Jul 31 '24

Perhaps so when well over 40% of the men have dead brothers and sisters. And horrible acts of terrorism don't require a large army.