Ahead of Israel’s expected ground offensive, one military geography specialist outlines how the geography of the Gaza Strip could influence any fighting.
In response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks of Hamas, Israel has urged 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate south ahead of a major ground invasion.
In his view, Israel's impending ground incursion"is going to be a mess" but ultimately a battle that its forces should be able to get under control. He warned, however, that any kind of ground offensive from Israel's military would be a highly dangerous"cat and mouse game" of urban warfare, one with a particularly unique subterranean element.Israel warns 1.1M people in north of Gaza to relocate to the south.
"As much as it becomes a war of infantry, in artillery and the air force, it becomes a war of the geologist. Geologic information becomes essential because you're trying to figure out rock formations," Galgano said. "After the operation, Hamas as an organization will not exist in the Gaza Strip, we will kill as many as possible of its members, and we will destroy every facility of the organization," said Yaakov Amidror, a retired major general and former national security advisor to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"This is a very unique battle because of this intersection of geology and warfare so I think that will be really a key to this whole thing. It is probably where they have got most of their hostages hidden, it's where their supplies are hidden, their command posts will be hidden under there," Galgano said.
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