Reading all the analysis from the military experts, it seems like a ground strike in almost inevitable. At this point, it’s not a matter of if they go in but more of when they go in. This is mainly because I believe that Israel will want to take advantage of the successful air strike to make a real difference on the ground as well.
The Israeli officials are being very careful; they are not giving false promises like they did with the Second Lebanon War. However, the massive assembly of ground troops and armed vehicles does not give much room for mistakes.
I feel the IDF is wearing the terrorists out in order to create a window for some sort of a surprise. The IDF knows very well that they need that surprise, and any other tactic that they can come up with to help them when they go in. Hamas is waiting for them and they are prepared - very much prepared! They had months and months to prepare for this, accumulate weapons and dig, create the most spread out web of underground tunnels through out the Gaza strip. The tunnels are state of the art, the kind a guerrilla fighter would dream about. In the tunnels, they can hide and strike when ever they want and cause a high amount of Israeli casualties. Next to Gaza, the ’06 war in southern Lebanon looks like a children’s playground!
That is also why I say don’t let tanks in there. I hope that the IDF learned its lesson from the second Lebanon war and understood that tanks are sitting ducks in an urban scenario. They can give support from the outside, but are sitting ducks when trying to go in. In Gaza, especially, they have managed to devise this weapon in which they take a big container, fill it up with explosives, and a remote detonator and bury it under a main road. When the tank or armed vehicle crosses over it, they detonate it, thus harming it where it is most vulnerable – its belly! There are very slim chances for the crew to survive such a blow.
I hope that the same quality of intelligence collected for the air strike, was collected for a ground one - it’s the only thing that would effectively protect our troops.
My prayers are with them.
The Israeli officials are being very careful; they are not giving false promises like they did with the Second Lebanon War. However, the massive assembly of ground troops and armed vehicles does not give much room for mistakes.
I feel the IDF is wearing the terrorists out in order to create a window for some sort of a surprise. The IDF knows very well that they need that surprise, and any other tactic that they can come up with to help them when they go in. Hamas is waiting for them and they are prepared - very much prepared! They had months and months to prepare for this, accumulate weapons and dig, create the most spread out web of underground tunnels through out the Gaza strip. The tunnels are state of the art, the kind a guerrilla fighter would dream about. In the tunnels, they can hide and strike when ever they want and cause a high amount of Israeli casualties. Next to Gaza, the ’06 war in southern Lebanon looks like a children’s playground!
That is also why I say don’t let tanks in there. I hope that the IDF learned its lesson from the second Lebanon war and understood that tanks are sitting ducks in an urban scenario. They can give support from the outside, but are sitting ducks when trying to go in. In Gaza, especially, they have managed to devise this weapon in which they take a big container, fill it up with explosives, and a remote detonator and bury it under a main road. When the tank or armed vehicle crosses over it, they detonate it, thus harming it where it is most vulnerable – its belly! There are very slim chances for the crew to survive such a blow.
I hope that the same quality of intelligence collected for the air strike, was collected for a ground one - it’s the only thing that would effectively protect our troops.
My prayers are with them.
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