Israel on Friday claimed to have severely weakened Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip and resolved once more to press its offensive against the militants to a victorious end. “Israel is clearly winning the war,” said government spokesman Eylon Levy, citing a visible weakening of Hamas. “We can see this in the dramatic decrease in rocket fire on Israel.” Another 70 members of the Islamist organization surrendered in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, he said. Israel’s military also claimed to have captured and destroyed a command centre used by a Hamas battalion in the Shejaiya district of Ga…