Quote:BillRM said: Stopping the ongoing attacks now is the issue using military force as any other nation of earth would also do in the same position
In WW2 we overan the V1 and V2 flying bomb/rocket launching sites and put a stop to them by ripping up the launch rails and pads, and demolishing the refuelling buildings and workshops etc, , but Hamas rockets are just cheap little things that can be fetched up out of cellars and hidey-holes, carried into back yards and orchards and fired from there, making it almost impossible for Israel to pinpoint where they came from.
Same with the tunnels, the entrances and exits are naturally well hidden and difficult to find.
So by going into Gaza maybe Israel were hoping to bring Hamas to battle to defeat them in a neat and tidy battle, but Hamas know they wouldn't win against Israel's superior firepower so they're mostly lying low to make Israel look stupid, in line with the old military doctrine-
"Don't fight in the way your enemy wants you to fight"