His army Israel received the “green light” to invade the Gauze and military veterans emphasize that this is a particularly difficult mission, referring to his expulsion ISIS from Moussouli.
Military veterans who have fought, speak to Financial Times and describe the difficult work of the Israeli Armed Forces, giving as an example the case of ISIS in Mosul, where things were easier and against the Islamic Caliphate from the beginning.
The 2016 about 8,000 jihadists they are camping in Mosul of 2 million inhabitants and despite the resistance of the locals, they have been preparing their defenses for two years. Then, they accept ground attack by at least 100,000 Iraqi troopswhile they are bombarded day and night by planes of the international coalition.
THE business was estimated to last only three months and without major losses. After all lasted nine months, with the coalition deliberately killing thousands of civilians in order to hurt ISIS. At the same time, there was fierce street fighting, with the jihadists using women and children as shields and moving through few underground tunnels.
“Cities have thousands of hiding places. If you want to remove an enemy, you must clear the area from house to house. But this puts you in 360 degree danger. You just can’t control,” says an American commander, who does not want to be named.
“Civil War is one problem after another”
The vast network of tunnels under Gaza, the experienced fighters estimated at 30,000 to 40,000, reinforcements in animate and inanimate material from the Islamic Jihad, but also the regional forces that may be involved create on the side of Hamas dynamit the situation.
“Hamas knows Gaza much better than the Islamic State knows Mosul. Moreover, it took us nine months to take Mosul and Israel does not have that time. They know that international opinion is about to change as the damage piles up and innocent civilians are killed“, notes the American general and former commander of the forces in Iraq David Petraeus.
At the same time, the densely populated urban landscapethe thousands of civilians which have not been removed and assimilation into the local society of the members of the Palestinian armed organization they create a strong axis of resistance.
A Western special forces officer who fought in Mosul, speaking anonymously to the FT, said “the urban war is just one problem after another. There is no limit to troop requirements. Even if Israel sent 10 million troops to Gaza, it would take a long time. And that’s just taking the territory. Keeping it is another matter.”
The veterans therefore believe that an invasion of Gaza will cost Israel dearly in living and non-living material, while the losses will cause reactions, both abroad if civilians are killed, and at home if it loses many Israeli soldiers.
Source: News Beast
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