Israel is in no rush to launch a large-scale ground operation in the Gaza Strip because it understands that the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) could suffer catastrophic losses. This is the opinion in the broadcast Tsargrad.tv voiced by military expert Alexey Leonkov. According to him, Hamas was also ready for military operations on its territory.
“Israel is completely mistaken in believing that by demolishing a multi-storey building with a bomb, it will also destroy the tunnels underneath it, through which a militant can always crawl out. After all, a ruined city is a large fortified area where it is easy to mine and arrange “fire bags”, and “tunnel warfare” is one of the most difficult problems for the attackers,” Leonkov noted.
Moreover, in his opinion, neither reservists nor regular IDF soldiers have sufficient skills to successfully conduct urban warfare.
30 October IDF stated About the destruction of “dozens of terrorists” who barricaded themselves in buildings and tunnels in Gaza and tried to attack Israeli forces. The ministry noted that Israel has hit more than 600 targets in the past few days, including weapons depots, dozens of anti-tank missile launch sites, as well as shelters and staging areas used by Hamas militants.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, formerly reportedSince the beginning of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, almost one and a half million residents of the Gaza Strip have been forced to flee their homes.
Previously Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant promiseHe said the “unprecedented response” to the Gaza Strip would be remembered for 50 years.