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Overview
In addition to documenting events in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian and Arab media have
given extensive coverage to the IDF's preparations for the next phase of the war in the Gaza
Strip, i.e. the ground maneuver. The media follow the preparations, including the increased
number and deployment along the Gaza Strip border of fighters, weapons, tanks and APCs,
and visits by senior officials such as Defense Minister Galant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi
and their conversations with the soldiers. They also ask why the ground maneuver has not yet
begun.
Monitoring Hamas, Palestinian and Arab sources has revealed the following:
Hamas shows great confidence in its military capabilities and its ability to prevent
Israel from achieving its objectives in the war. It has identified the difficulty Israel is
having in making decisions, hesitancy at the military and political levels and
considerable embarrassment, difficulty in dealing with international pressure and the
hostage situation along with concern of ground warfare against the skilled military
operatives in the Gaza Strip, who are equipped with special weapons.
The Palestinian media publish cartoons warning the IDF against a ground incursion
into Gaza and even mocking it for its "cowardice." Various Palestinian sources disagree
as to whether the IDF will actually carry out the ground maneuver because of the
complexity of the operation and the expected number of casualties.
The Arab media review a variety of reasons, including international reasons, for the
delay in the ground maneuver.
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Palestinian-Arab perspective on the delay
of the IDF ground maneuver in the Gaza
Strip
October 28, 2023
