Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that the main phase of the war against the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip will soon be concluded. “We are moving towards the end of the phase of dismantling Hamas’ terror army,” he said in Jerusalem at a reception for cadets of the National Defence Academy. “We will continue to fight their remnants.” Netanyahu had previously visited the Gaza Division, which is currently deployed in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. He had seen “very considerable progress” there, he said. Israel has been bombarding Gaza for months and started …