Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday avoided direct talk of a ground operation following a meeting with his Cabinet but said there were more phases in store for Operation Protective Edge, now in its 5th day. Netanyahu added that what stands before Israel Defense Forces “is a difficult, complex and complicated operation.”
That’s an understatement. The extent of an Israeli ground incursion into Gaza relies heavily on the quality of intelligence at hand. In fact, the current flare-up is a direct consequence of Israel’s prior intelligence failures stemming from Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012. That operation shared the same objective as Operation Protective Edge: neutralizing Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s arsenal of long-range rockets.
Continue reading with one of these options:
Ad-free access
P 80 per month
(billed annually at P 960)
- Unlimited ad-free access to website articles
- Limited offer: Subscribe today and get digital edition access for free (accessible with up to 3 devices)