From Gideon's chariots to Beit Hanoun wheels!

Hisham Tawfik

17 Jul 2025

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In the Zionist Jewish imagination, Gideon in the "Israeli" press is a national hero who saved the Israelites from the then-advanced Midianite army, which was skilled in riding camels and known for its violence, speed, and surprise attacks. Gideon, however, managed to overcome them with a simple army and basic tools, including chariots, through a precise military plan.

"Operation Gideon" was one of the last operations carried out by the Haganah organization before the end of British occupation, within the context of the civil war in Palestine in 1947 and 1948.

In May 2025, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved the "Gideon's Chariots" operational plan aimed at achieving a military and political resolution in the Gaza Strip through a structured operation consisting of three phases, utilizing five pressure factors against the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in an attempt to compel it to agree to a prisoner exchange agreement and dismantle its military structure. The occupation army began its implementation by calling up tens of thousands of reservists.

An army with a cut-off nose!

This is Gideon in the imagination and reality of the Zionist entity and their army. In the Arabic language, "جدع" (jadʿ) means to cut, and it refers to a noticeable cut in the nose, ear, lip, hand, and similar areas. Gideon, when referring to the Israeli army, has become "أجدع" (ajdaʿ), meaning a mutilated one, especially after the Israeli army's actions in Beit Hanoun. They aimed to dismantle the strength of the men in Beit Hanoun and Gaza, and the blows were painful on the day Netanyahu visited the White House. It was a day marked with blackness on the face of the Zionist entity, especially since Netanyahu named his operation in Yemen "The Black Banner" before his trip to the White House. The missiles from Yemen and the operation in Beit Hanoun were a powerful message that shattered Netanyahu's dreams before his meeting with Trump.

Four messages can be derived from this process in Beit Hanoun:

First: Deconstructing the Zionist narrative:

The Zionist entity, and indeed the global Zionism, sought to create a Zionist narrative to demonize the resistance, Gaza, and the power of the Zionist army in the region, especially after the war on Iran alongside America. However, Beit Hanoun dismantled the Zionist narrative and defeated the forces of "Battalion 97 - Nitzach Yehuda" of the "Kfir" Brigade. The tunnel fighters presented a global lesson to world powers, showing that the imperialist Zionist narrative, despite its financial, media, intellectual, political, literary, and cultural efforts to promote its narrative from 1800 to 2025, was undermined by the operation in Beit Hanoun.

The operation demonstrated that the tunnel men, specifically the youth of the tunnels, are a force not to be underestimated and an extraordinary force that collaborates with a superpower. This defies the standards of military assessments. How can American fleets, depots, Western weapons, and the minds of Western and Arab normalization armies fail to defeat the power and narrative of the boys and young men in Beit Hanoun and Khan Younis? In fact, the answer came from an analyst on a Hebrew channel, stating that "the Lord is with Gaza," which reflects their conversation when their centers and pens are unable to provide analysis.

Here we say: The Beit Hanoun operation and the preceding operations have dismantled the Zionist narrative, making the biggest Western singers and global content creators raise the slogan "Death to the Zionist Army.

Secondly: Disassembling the Zionist army's plan:

We did not want to say: "Dismantling the Zionist army." The tunnel fighters had not reached that stage, but they are in the process of implementing the "Fatigue Trap," which we analyzed in our article "Fatigue Trap" after the first deal. They aim to exhaust their army with strong traps before the "Trap of Termination"; that is, the termination of the Zionist army. However, they have reached a significant level of dismantling the strategic Zionist vision, confusing this vision, and rendering it practically impossible. This has led some Zionist officers and soldiers to resign, flee the battle under Zionist threats of punishment, or commit suicide due to the lack of vision in the battle without objectives.

Have you ever heard of a soldier in "Al-Qassam" fleeing from battle or being punished for resigning? Recently, we heard from leaders of the military force of the Israeli army that dismantling the tunnel fighters is impossible without realistic targets.

But the question here is: What if America and Western powers had not intervened in the battle of "Al-Aqsa Flood" in the early months to support the entity? We say: If these powers had not intervened, there would have been significant changes in the battle in favor of the tunnel fighters, and their strength would have reached deep into the Zionist entity, or the deal would have been achieved decisively by the tunnel fighters.

The conclusion of the Beit Hanoun operation is that it dismantled the unrealistic strategic plan of the Israeli army. It said to "Gideon's chariots": they are advanced, powerful, sensitive military vehicles and transports, but in the face of the flames and the might of God, they are mortal. Furthermore, the Beit Hanoun operation stated that the wheels of the tunnel fighters are traditional walking wheels; they are wheels without rubber, bare feet that are dusty and blessed, ascending to the vehicles and transports of the Israeli army to explode them with ease. At that time, history will write that the wheels of Beit Hanoun undermined "Gideon's chariots.

Third: Disassembling the future plan:

In the future of battle, tunnel fighters can accelerate the fight to put pressure on America, the opposition, and the Zionist street, through the following scenarios:

1- The ambush plan has transformed from an ambush within an ambush to an ambush within an ambush with charred remains. Perhaps you have noticed that the tunnel fighters’ threats and pressure no longer rely solely on advocating for the prisoners through videos that put pressure on the opposition and the public. We are not saying that this approach is ineffective; rather, it serves as a strong media and political tool. However, the tunnel fighters may now be betting on the ground, targeting the weakness of the Zionist entity, which is its army and the symbolism of the state. At the same time, this represents an opportunity in the battle, especially since it is happening in Gaza prison. Strong and painful strikes that result in charred bodies in these scenes could defeat the will of the Zionist army and cause confusion regarding their plans. Furthermore, “Al-Qassam” has even mentioned attempts to withdraw the Yehuda battalion from service if its crimes continue.

The shocks to the Israeli army from the tunnel fighters could turn into a terrible transformation, shifting from an attempt to incinerate to an attempt to capture. This would be a painful blow and a masterstroke. While the occupation is negotiating regarding the prisoners of October 7, it will shift to negotiating about new prisoners who hold value in the Israeli army. This prompted the occupation's air force for the first time to intervene in Beit Hanoun recently to prevent a new capture operation that the tunnel fighters were about to carry out. If this were to happen, the tunnel fighters would be encouraged to proceed with it, thus introducing a new card to the negotiation table, and it could potentially lead to significant disarray within the Israeli army and its leaders, scattering the Israeli mindset into a new phase of the battle where the wheels and feet of the tunnel fighters triumph over Gideon's chariots.

Perhaps the men of the tunnels have discovered new vulnerabilities in the Israeli army after the exhaustion trap that the hardened hearts of Ben Gvir and Smotrich could not comprehend. These individuals now view matters with callousness and a primitive mindset rather than with practical reasoning. This reminds us of a true description of the Zionist today, which is "the idle and neglectful Jew instead of the active Jew.

Read also: “Beit Hanoun Ambush” ... A Devastating Complex Blow by Al-Qassam to the Occupation

 

Fourth: Deconstructing the American Narrative:

The American narrative seeks to stimulate the feelings of Zionists both within the entity and globally, claiming that the entity has achieved significant gains in the region against Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, and Gaza. Furthermore, the American narrative continues to assert that it is decisive at the end of every war and that it is the architect of peace and a new deal in Gaza following Netanyahu's visit. However, the Battle of Beit Hanoun has dismantled this defeated American narrative, striking at the core of America, especially with Netanyahu's visit to the White House. The Battle of Beit Hanoun conveys that the pressure in the conflict does not come from America's power or Trump's attempts, but from the resolution on the ground and the strength of the tunnel fighters in Beit Hanoun, Khan Younis, and Gaza. Therefore, some Arab media should not align with the American and normalized Arab narrative that seeks to beautify America's interventions for a new deal, even if only for 60 days.

But we always say: America is monitoring a new cry from the Israeli army in Gaza for its rescue and extraction from the mud. At that time, America intervenes with a deal to provide rest for the army and to rejuvenate the Israeli army, healing it from the painful strikes inflicted by the tunnel fighters, which have put it in a state of exhaustion and a phase of hell and burning.

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