{"id":35524,"date":"2023-10-14T03:18:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T03:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=35524"},"modified":"2023-10-14T03:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T03:19:03","slug":"could-an-israeli-ground-invasion-of-gaza-meet-its-aims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=35524","title":{"rendered":"Could an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza meet its aims?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>B<\/strong>BC News:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Israel&#8217;s leaders have declared that Hamas will be wiped off the face of the Earth and Gaza will never go back to what it was.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Every Hamas member is a dead man,&#8221; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after fighters from the militant group killed 1,300 people in a brutal attack on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal of Operation Swords of Iron appears far more ambitious than anything the military has planned in Gaza before. But is that a realistic military mission, and how can its commanders possibly fulfil it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A ground invasion of the Gaza Strip involves house-to-house urban fighting and carries immense risks to the civilian population. Air strikes have already claimed hundreds of lives, and more than 400,000 people have fled their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military has the added task of rescuing at least 150 hostages, held in unknown locations across Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), has vowed to &#8220;dismantle&#8221; Hamas, and has singled out its political head in Gaza. But is there an ultimate vision for how Gaza will look after 16 years of Hamas&#8217;s violent rule?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think Israel can dismantle every Hamas member, because it&#8217;s an idea of extremist Islam,&#8221; says military analyst Amir Bar Shalom of Israel&#8217;s Army Radio. &#8220;But you can weaken it as much as you can so it has no operational capabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That might be a more realistic objective. Israel has fought four wars with Hamas, and every attempt to halt its rocket attacks has failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus said by the end of this war Hamas should no longer have the military capacity to &#8220;threaten or kill Israeli civilians&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News: Israel&#8217;s leaders have declared that Hamas will be wiped off the face of the Earth and Gaza will never go back to what it was. &#8220;Every Hamas member is a dead man,&#8221; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after fighters from the militant group killed 1,300 people in a brutal attack on Israel. The goal of Operation Swords of Iron appears far more ambitious than anything the military has planned in Gaza before. But is that a realistic military mission, and how can its commanders possibly fulfil it? 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