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Well, the US has shown that they couldn't fight an insurgency with their level of protections for civilians.
Makes sense that Israel assesses that they have less resources than the US, and thus can't fight the same way and have a hope of success.
Of course they could have used that as a pretty good reason not to start this war in the first placez but alas, they didn't.
Israel stated this war, at a minimum, 17 years ago. Blockades are an act of war.
Israel has one of the most powerful militaries in the region, with 500,000 troops, a $20 billion dollar budget, and shared tech with the US. They have no external bases to maintain. They're terrorists who live at the border in 140 square miles with roads Israel designed to allow their tanks easy access.
In the first week of this genocide, Israel dropped more bombs than the US did during the entire Afghanistan war. On one of the most population dense regions in the world.
But further, Israel immediately cut power and water to Gaza. 2 million people went without water and electricity to attack how many Hamas terrorists?
And let's be clear, this all happened because IDF forces were busy in the West Bank evicting Palestinians from their homes for settlers leaving the Gaza border unguarded.
The US absolutely fought an insurgency. They just figured out they needed local support. They got it in Iraq, they didn't get it in Afghanistan.
That's Israel's biggest problem here. They've spent the last several decades making Palestinians hate them. So there is no possible way for them to destroy Hamas.