i can understand why hamas still gets it, as they've had lots of motivation;

Hamas is making a substantial comeback by recruiting new forces, Channel 12 reported and The Jerusalem Post confirmed on Wednesday night.

Combined with forces from Palestinian Islamic Jihad together, Channel 12 said on Wednesday night that Hamas was up to between 20,000-23,000 fighters.

Information obtained by the Post indicated that recently, numbers were closer to around 12,000.

Over the last 15 months, there has been a gulf of a few thousand between the IDF and Netanyahu, casting doubt on the estimates.

In June, the IDF said that between 14,000-16,000 Hamas fighters had been wounded.

The Post has learned that over 6,000 Gazans have been detained by the military during the war. At least 4,300 remain in custody, and at most, 2,200 were returned to Gaza, deemed less dangerous.

Numbers don’t add up

Given that in October 2023, the IDF said that Hamas’s full forces were 25,000, the numbers do not come close to adding up – unless one takes into account that Hamas has recruited almost an entirely new force, fully replacing its old one.........more........