Ground invasion of Gaza: What Israel learned from last time

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But the 2014 ground operation was "fairly limited in terms of the scope", Andreas Krieg, assistant professor at King's College London's defence studies department, told Middle East Eye, explaining that it was mostly aimed at targeting Hamas's tunnel infrastructure.

"It was about achieving operational objectives, military objectives. It was never about achieving a strategic success," said Krieg. "Had it been a strategic success, Hamas would have been either wiped out or at least incapacitated."

"Many of the younger soldiers and officers don't have the combat experience to to deal with what might potentially be coming," said Krieg.

"The [Israeli military] has been degraded to a great extent from an operational military that can do intensive combat operations to an occupational force."

Period	11 Oct 2023
Held at	Middle East Eye, United States