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Then that means we're looking at ~150,000 to 200,000 Israeli casualties. Roughly a fourth of all their trained personnel and a seventh of all the males availab
by Balgair 3y ago
Then that means we're looking at ~150,000 to 200,000 Israeli casualties.
Roughly a fourth of all their trained personnel and a seventh of all the males available for conscription.
Nearly all of Gaza is built up urban centers and Hamas has had a decade plus of preparation time for this event. The urban fighting for the attackers is going to be some of the worst since Leningrad. It's going to take years to fully clean out the ~100 sqmi of Gaza.
Such an invasion will reverberate in Israel for 100 years. It'll be not quite as bad as what happened to the USSR's male population after WW2. But it's going to be really really bad all the same. The PTSD alone is going to be unimaginable.
Nothing good can come of this for either side, even the back of a napkin math is clear on that.
- petertodd 3y ago> Then that means we're looking at ~150,000 to 200,000 Israeli casualties. There is zero reason to think the IDF is going to take that many casualties. They are much better equipped than Hamas, and if needed, they can simply besiege areas to force Hamas to either leave or starve.