Why the IDF in Gaza must shift from conventional warfare to guerrilla tactics
New Hamas tactics are specifically designed to neutralize the advantages of a conventional army.
New Hamas tactics are specifically designed to neutralize the advantages of a conventional army.
Red cloths hung from windows or lines have been used by Hamas to mark safe houses, tunnel entrances, and weapons caches. By Hezy Laing IDF
Hamas often sees them as a way to prolong negotiations and extract greater concessions.
From the founding of the country in 1948 until 1982 Israel maintained a policy of refusing to negotiate with terrorists.
Since Israel retreated from Gaza in 2005 and Hamas took control, Israel has fought an incredible seven wars with Gaza!
Thanks to the construction of huge tunnels beneath the Suez Canal Egypt could rapidly flood the Sinai with hundreds of tanks pointed at Israel.
15 Hamas terrorists were killed but all IDF soldiers survived.
The IDF has pioneered methods like “roof knocking” a non-lethal munition dropped on a building to warn civilians of impending strikes
The cabinet is faced with three alternatives, all of which are difficult, but a decision must be made.
IDF considers daring plan to split Gaza in two and relocate civilians.
Unless Hamas is dismantled, no viable civilian alternative can emerge.
Israel fears a repeat of the October 7th massacre of its citizens. By Hezy Laing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported decision to conquer the Gaza
In most wars throughout history, the fighting side does not provide relief to the enemy’s population.
‘The only path to victory is to fully dismantle Hamas’s military and governing capabilities.’
Only two countries lie between Iran and Israel: Iraq and Jordan.
The IDF’s strategy of entering, withdrawing, and re-entering hotspots has allowed Hamas to regroup and rebuild.
The program is wounded, but not necessarily dead.
The rescue forces that arrived struggled to extinguish the blaze
Western analysts have raised concerns that China could be materially supporting Iran.
Iran effectively operates with two separate armed forces: the regular Iranian army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps.
