No, of course not.
What I think Israel should do is play the long game. The very loooong game.
Israel should consider and agree to a ceasefire in the near future for humanitarian reasons. They can state that they have achieved significant results in severely weakening Hamas. For the time being, they have accomplished what was intended.
Meanwhile, Israel should significantly enhance and bolster their traditional intelligence methods, networks, spies and human sources etc. the old school way.
In 2-3 years, they should launch an attack on Hamas out of left field. Within a narrow window, an operation could be launched to capture or neutralize the entire leadership of Hamas, dismantle their infrastructure in Gaza, disrupt supply lines all the way back to Iran, target their propaganda efforts, and anything and everything in between.
Consider how Hamas achieved its remarkable success. Their key strategy involved meticulous planning and a low-key approach, which included deliberately misleading the Israelis and lulling them into complacency, those were primary factors. Israel should do the same.
Remember, revenge is dish best served cold.
(If anyone is connected, let those in HaKirya know that I'm available.)
I think this approach is not how Israel conducts itself. They’re called the Israel Defense Forces, not Offense Forces.
Yes I understand in theory hamas is a threat to isreal so any action they take can be called defensive, but technically launching an attack is an offense, which Israel does not do unless attacked first (see all the wars of Israel) or super super threatened with imminent destruction (see 6 day war)
And honestly, it doesn’t seem to be a “thing” in modern times to invade and attack-it just looks like a conquering kingdom.
Again, Israel is NOT looking to conquer land! I’m not saying that. I’m saying striking first without imminent threat (when you say attack in 2-3 years from now doesn’t sound like only during an imminent threat) isn’t ’popular’
They’re in the heat of it right now. So what to do.
I really think what that son of hamas person said in the interview (somewhere) is the best strategy.
A siege is the best kind of warfare in history.
Help as best they can to evacuate civilians to areas of relative safety, and then just wait till they come out of the tunnels.
If conversation about saving hostages comes up, id say it could be worth letting in some aid to get hostages.
Yes aid goes into a missle that’s shot at Israel.
Hashem in His infinite kindness has caused and will continue to cause those rockets to have an exceedingly low mortality rate BH. To trade aid to for sure save a hostages life on the chance of maybe having a rocket kill someone else- ברי עדיף.
But don’t let up the siege once the hostages return!! That will be THE biggest difficulty in this strategy.
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