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The Israeli army is currently massing its troops around the Gaza Strip for an upcoming ground operation. An offensive “as perilous as it is risky for the Israeli army”, according to journalist Samah Soula, present on the set of 20 Heures, Thursday October 12.
“For now, the Israeli army is massing its troops around the Gaza Strip for an upcoming ground operation“, begins by explaining the journalist Samah Soulapresent on the 20 Heures set, Thursday October 12. She adds that 360,000 reservists, “never seen before in Israel“, were called “for this land offensive as perilous as it is risky for the Israeli army“.
“An extremely complex territory”
“Gaza is an extremely complex territory, with life on land and underground, a maze of galleries and tunnels in which Gaza fighters move and hide. Hamas. Set foot in Gaza, as Benjamin promised Netanyahuto fetch up to the last fighter of the Hamasis to engage in intense urban guerrilla warfare“, warns the journalist. The Israeli army, however, has a large numerical superiority. “180,000 professional soldiers against 20,000 combatants of the Hamas estimated, but this never allowed Israel to turn its ground offensives into real victories“, recalls Samah Soula.