hamas was successful in luring the idf
to battle on gaza’s home ground which
gives hamas multifold advantage over
the idf ground forces
yet the iaf/idf’s lessons learnt from pre-
vious gazan wars has probably prepar-
ed them
the anti-hamas palestinian informants
have been critical is helping to locate
the hamas commanders, command
centres, launching sites, depots, ect.,
and know the status of some of the
hostages