IDF Officer: Israel Winning, Hamas Losing, Yet Removing Terrorists' Control over Gazans Still Unfinished
03-11-2025
JERUSALEM, Israel – For many in Israel, the ceasefire seems like it has left the country in a kind of limbo. The nation has won some major military victories, yet not all the hostages are returned and Hamas appears to still hold power in Gaza.
CBN News asked Israel Defense Forces Res. Brigadier General Danny Van Buren about this and other aspects of Israel's war with hostile neighbors.
To watch our interview with Van Buren, click on the video above.
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About The Author
Julie
Stahl
Julie Stahl is a correspondent for CBN News in the Middle East. A Hebrew speaker, she has been covering news in Israel fulltime for more than 20 years. Julie’s life as a journalist has been intertwined with CBN – first as a graduate student in Journalism; then as a journalist with Middle East Television (METV) when it was owned by CBN from 1989-91; and now with the Middle East Bureau of CBN News in Jerusalem since 2009. As a correspondent for CBN News, Julie has covered Israel’s wars with Gaza, rocket attacks on Israeli communities, stories on the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and
