Hamas said that it has recruited thousands of new fighters and boosted its military capabilities amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the enclave. “We managed to recruit thousands of new fighters during the war, rehabilitate important capabilities, set up ambushes, manufacture explosives and shells, and recycle Israeli enemy leftovers,” Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the group’s armed wing, said in a recorded speech on Sunday.

 

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