Gaza War to Last Months, Israel Army Chief Says

The war would go on ‘for many months,’ says Israeli military chief.

Palestinians flee their houses, after they were ordered by the Israeli army to evacuate the area, in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 26, 2023. Mohammed Al-Masri/Reuters

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM—Israel’s war on Hamas will last for months, Israel’s military chief said on Tuesday while the United Nations voiced alarm over Israeli attacks.

Israel’s Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi told reporters in a televised statement on the Gaza border that the war would go on “for many months.”