aquascoot wrote on Oct 24
th, 2023 at 1:14pm:
looking at that picture , baron, i doubt the israelis are going to get much joy in gaza.
it will be hand to hand "rattenkreig"
all israels advantages will be neutralised.
they will face IEDS and hamas fighters who just melt into the population.
and if they do get the upper hand, hamas will just bugger off to the sinai, wait for the occupation of gaza and come right back
ukraine looks like being a multi year war
afghanistan was decades.
if the israelis are serious about conquering a city of several million and clearing every room, it will take them decades.
i think they should just cut off all water, food, energy and leave it at that.
let the place just become hostile to human existance.
the civilians will eventually be moved by the do-gooders to canada , sweden and the UK.
hamas will have no one left to shelter behind and then you can kill anyone still around as a combatant
until they get the civilians out, it will be too costly for the israelis
and you will have to starve them out
seige warfare
It has been suggested Israel are waiting for second US carrier group to arrive before going in which sounds reasonable. Over 20 Hezbollah have probably found out there is no Allah and no virgins.
I doubt Hamas will go into Sinai if they come out into open areas they can't last long they will hide in tunnels.
These tunnels are a big problem they can fire off a few RPG then run and hide. The RPG 29 worked against UK tanks in Iraq don't know how active armour on Israeli tanks will go. As we see in Ukraine tanks can be taken out easily although the Merkava doesn't have same design flaw as russian tanks that have turret blown off.
I think Israel only supplied about 45% of their electricity with around 20% water.
Gaza is dark at night only power comes from generators that will eventually run out of fuel.
If Hamas lose ability to power lights in tunnels then Israel will have huge advantage in pitch black if they wear thermal gear. If the IDF get inside they can short out electrics to turn lights off.
Don't see many suppressors on Hamas guns shooting in tunnels will be hard on ears.
Gasses like Propane will sink to the bottom of tunnels pump a few tanks in light a match and stand back.
Urban warfare is the worst they will have losses going in.
Video of Hamas tunnel-
https://twitter.com/nosmhsnow/status/1715914487918731501/video/1Israel has time on their side there is no urgency keep pounding from the air then go in.
I see Hamas today are offering to release some hostages if Israel stops air strikes which shows hamas are hurting.