Israeli soldiers manoeuvre on the Israeli-Gaza border waiting to deploy into the Gaza Strip. Invading Israeli ground forces fought fierce battles with Hamas in Gaza on Sunday after escalating an eight-day bombing blitz that killed hundreds of Palestinians and wreaked widespread destruction. (AFP/Jack Guez)From The Washington Post:
JERUSALEM, Jan. 3 -- In the first eight days of Israel's battle against Hamas, the conflict was fought from the air, with Israeli fighter jets striking from the skies on targets in Gaza, and with Hamas firing unguided rockets with the hope they would land on Israelis living in cities as far as 25 miles away.
On Saturday, Israel altered that strategy, bringing the war to Hamas's doorstep with a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. In so doing, Israeli leaders run the risk of repeating their disastrous experience in the 2006 Lebanon war, when they suffered high casualties in ground combat with Hezbollah, and they may face political fallout in elections less than two months away.
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My Comment: Israel is going into Gaza with the goal of neutralizing Hamas's rocket forces, and if that is not accomplished .... to then positioned themselves to occupy certain strategic locations within Gaza itself. Expect heavy casualties from this conflict on both sides .... this is going to be urban warfare at its worse.
If this conflict gets out of control .... and Hamas continues with warfare on all levels .... I expect Israel to then occupy the entire Gaza strip.
This invasion is not going to produce any winners. There are only losers. This conflict is going to be long and bloody .... and unless Israel backs down and decides not to continue with its invasion .... the casualties are going to into the thousands.
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