Israel May Be About To Launch Its Largest Ground War In 41 Years

Following Saturday’s unprecedented Hamas-led attack and infiltration of Israel, Israel’s leadership has vowed a crushing and long-lasting defeat of its adversaries in the Gaza Strip. Fulfilling that objective could involve the country’s largest ground operation in over 40 years.

Saturday’s surprise attack, in which hundreds of Palestinian militants infiltrated several populated areas inside Israel’s pre-1967 borders, has left, as of writing, no fewer than 600 Israelis dead and at least 2,048 injured. Israeli strikes on Gaza have left at least 313 Palestinians dead and wounded approximately 2,000. Israeli officials vow that their upcoming campaign against Hamas and other Palestinian factions will go much farther than the recurring operations against militants in the strip beginning in late 2008.