Tens of thousands of Israeli troops entered Gaza, but Hamas miraculously disappeared
The U.S. Central Command issued a statement saying that the temporary dock had been anchored and fixed on the coast of Gaza at around 7:40 a.m. local time on the 16th. This means that after a series of twists and turns, including soaring budgets and relocation of construction sites, the floating dock built by the United States to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza has finally been completed. This is an effort by the United States in Gaza to avert a humanitarian catastrophe, but it is more symbolic, and the United States has clearly not supported Gaza enough. The United States has failed to stop the Israeli offensive on Gaza and is supporting the Israeli offensive on all fronts. It sounds strange that the United States is arching Israel's fire while shouting the slogan of avoiding a humanitarian crisis.
Tens of thousands of Israeli troops have entered Gaza, and they are focusing on clearing Hamas in Rafah, as instructed by Netanyahu. Israel has committed more than 300,000 troops overall, and tens of thousands of troops have been involved in this large-scale attack alone. In order to avoid heavy casualties in a Hamas attack, Israel has adopted a grid fighting method. The Israeli army divided the Rafah strip into one grid after another, and then dispatched troops to divide and encircle, and then used bulldozers, road rollers, etc. to violently demolish local buildings, using demolition attacks. Israeli reconnaissance planes conducted 24-hour uninterrupted reconnaissance in the air, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) carried out bombing attacks at any time, and warplanes violently dropped bombs and bombed.
Israeli ground forces continue to compress the encirclement inward along the grid, cutting off the tunnel network and destroying tunnel-related buildings. What Israel wants is to eliminate Hamas from the inside of a grid of grids, and then achieve the goal of completely eliminating Hamas. However, to Israel's surprise and headache, tens of thousands of Israeli troops entered it only to find that Hamas had miraculously disappeared. Prior to the attack, Israel conducted a thorough reconnaissance of the main ground where Hamas was active and identified Hamas's main location, but found nothing at the time of the attack. Hamas's leaders in Gaza are also nowhere to be found, and the US and Israeli intelligence services are in no know.
Hamas disappeared in Rafah, but not really disappeared, but they adapted their tactics to the current situation. According to the analysis of the Israeli side, Hamas has "turned to guerrilla tactics" and no longer confronts the Israeli army head-on, but has used its tunnel networks, combat groups, and extensive social influence to engage Israel in a war of sparrows, tunnels, and mines. Hamas did not give the Israeli army a chance to be directly wiped out, but dispersed guerrilla warfare, and while escaping the Israeli army's suppression, it continued to harass the Israeli army, causing the Israeli army's psychological pressure to increase sharply and make it miserable. The Wall Street Journal commented that Hamas, which has been going on for seven months, is far from being defeated.
Hamas's current strategy is to fight a war of attrition with Israel at any cost, barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. Israel can be supported by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, and Hamas can also receive external support from Lebanese Allah, Iraqi Shiite forces, Turkey, Iran, and others. In this process of attrition, although Hamas is weaker, its consumption is also low, and it may really become the final winner in the process of protracted war with Israel. Tens of thousands of Israeli troops entered Gaza, causing serious civilian casualties in the area, but did not completely eradicate Hamas, which made the Israeli army very angry. The US media are also worried that it will be difficult for Israel to achieve its desired goals.
The artillery was opened fiercely, and more than 10 Israeli soldiers fell
Israel is fighting very fiercely, because although they have an absolute advantage, they cannot find a place to exert their strength, and Hamas does not give the Israeli army a place to exert its strength. Israel began to become impatient during the fighting, and quite a few soldiers began to get tired of the fighting. According to reports, quite a few Israeli troops began to complain that they had been fighting on the front line for too long, physically and psychologically to the limit. It is reported that some Israeli soldiers have already begun to refuse to fight. Against this background, there will be unnatural impatience in the Israeli army's combat operations. In the midst of instability, the Israeli army also began to make mistakes, even making the mistake of shooting and killing its own soldiers. In the recent battles, Israeli troops opened heavy fire.
However, after the heavy shelling, the Israeli army suddenly found more than 10 Israeli soldiers lying in a pool of blood. The Israeli military released information that during the fighting in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza on the 15th, two Israeli tanks opened heavy fire on a building. Israeli tank shells hit the building and caused it to collapse. But what is surprising is that the people in this building are not Hamas, but soldiers of Israel's 202nd paratrooper battalion. It is reported that the Israeli army's fierce artillery fire directly led to the death of five Israeli paratroopers and the wounding of seven Israeli paratroopers. This serious casualty is clearly a great lesson for Israel.
This is not the first time that the Israeli army has mistakenly attacked its own troops, nor is it the first time that it has mistakenly killed its own people. This was followed by Israeli soldiers killed by Israeli tanks fired upon by their own tanks. Israeli forces also killed several hostages who had already raised white flags and shouted in Israeli. It can be said that after more than seven months of fighting in Gaza, the Israeli army has also begun to have psychological problems, and the number of casualties of various mistakes has increased markedly. Hamas began to adopt guerrilla tactics, and although such tactics would not cause fatal damage to the Israeli army, they would continue to cause problems for the Israeli army, which would cause the Israeli army to be in a state of mental stress for a long time. It can be said that the Israeli army is very determined, but the reality is not as expected.
Israel is under great pressure to attack, and its ambition of a complete annexation of Gaza is difficult to achieve
The tremendous pressure from the international community is something that Israel did not expect. On the 15th local time, the Iraqi militia armed "Islamic Resistance Group" attacked Israel's Nevatim Air Base and several other important targets. Lebanese Allah fired more than 60 rockets at Israeli positions on the 16th. All of this shows that Israel is facing a growing threat of attack, and although this threat is not subversive, it is not at all a small pressure on Israel.
Israel's Netanyahu government wants to completely eradicate Hamas through this conflict, fully annex Gaza, and lay the foundation for the next annexation of the West Bank. Israel has been annexing and encroaching on land for decades, with the fundamental aim of expanding its territory. Israel wants to take advantage of the remnants of US hegemony to acquire more land and thus consolidate its position in the Middle East. However, judging from the current situation, Israel has not only encountered tremendous public opinion pressure from the international community, but also encountered direct resistance from regional countries, and it is indeed very difficult to achieve its goal.