Israel's miscalculation of the Qassam's strength turns its ground operation into a nightmare. Reports indicate that the brigades of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), located in the northern Gaza Strip, did not request support from other brigades.
Israel expanded its operation, assigning command in the south to the 98th Division, which consists of the 35th and 55th Parachute Brigades. The nature of its leadership structure and its decision-making hierarchy are not known.