A ratio of two Palestinian civilians killed in Gaza for every Hamas militant is “tremendously positive,” a spokesperson for the Israeli military told CNN, describing the challenges of urban combat.
The Israeli army is engaged face to face with Hamas fighters on the edges of Gaza City, foreshadowing what analysts describe as an extreme phase of urban combat with grave risks for both sides.The full brutality of urban combat, face to face with automatic weapons, has not yet begun, and analysts are already warning about the lethality of the terrain in overpopulated Gaza with its ultra-dense buildings.