It will be long, bloody, and complicated. That’s the way two leading experts on urban warfare described the prospect of a ground attack by Israel on Hamas’ base in the streets and tunnels of Gaza.
The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods is bringing back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
Army warplanes strike Sudanese city of El Obeid in a devastating war. Thousands displaced, urgent need for aid. Rival generals, ethnic violence, crimes against humanity.
While Moscow is trumpeting a ‘mission accomplished’ moment in its war, Ukraine even as it insists Bakhmut has not completely fallen sees an opening to seize the initiative from the city’s outskirts if Russian forces are no longer pressing forward inside the city’s centre