the war in Gaza will continue for many months to come, Herzi Halevi, chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said late on Tuesday. The fighting in the densely populated Gaza Strip against the military wing of the Islamist organization Hamas is taking place in a “complex” environment, Halevi said in a televised address on Tuesday evening. “Therefore, the war will continue for many more months, and we will operate in various ways – so that the achievement will be preserved over time,” Halevi said. “There are no magic solutions or shortcuts in the fundamental dismantling of…