There is a recent article which talked about what the Israeli generals think. Many of them want a truce in Gaza because the military is being attrited in Gaza. They are low in munitions. Gaza has become a festering ulcer for them. They admit to free the pows is only through negotiations not military means. They basically admitted that the military operation has been an abysmal failure. They fear that Gaza could become a forever war that saps the IDF’s energy and resources. They admit the military is exhausted, overstretched, low in munitions, low in spare parts, low in manpower and motivation. There has been reservist who already are poorly trained and have low morale that have had 3 tours of duty in Gaza alone. This is affecting their personal lives and they are struggling to find woke back in civilian life because of the economy contracting. And they are dealing with PTSD. They openly admit that tanks are not fully loaded with the full capacity of tank shells. They are short in military bulldozers.I know this has already become a meme on this forum but at what cost? Gaza will need decades to be rebuilt, the civilian losses and the family names wiped from the register will never be recovered. Unless the other militias somehow manage to inflict catastrophic damage on Israel's infrastructure, it will still be a favorable trade for them.
Gaza has been a military disaster for Israel. Internationally Israel is a pariah state wildest despised. Regionally the Mideast is boiling like a volcano where when it erupts because of rage towards Israel it will make the Arab spring look like a pillow fight. The thing with a people’s war is that there will be many sacrifices. Especially Islamic guerrilla armies. Israel is the same position Napoleonic France was. Spain was a festering ulcer degrading the French army. When Napoleon invaded Russia it lead to the collapse of the empire. Israel faces the same prospects if they start a full scale war with Hizbollah it will collapse their already weak military. We are talking about Israeli troops retreating and Hezbollah with axis of resistance foreign fighters chasing them all the way to the West Bank which is ready to explode. If that happens we are talking about a severe strategic disaster. So they are on the way to collapse. Either internally through civil war or externally through a destructive regional war.
