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Military expert Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi said that the occupation army began to rely on individual-on-individual battles to avoid heavy losses in vehicles, while the resistance resorted to a war of attrition to avoid the challenges of technology and fire superiority.

During his analysis on Al Jazeera, Al-Duwairi explained that there are 5 brigades (3 infantry and 2 armor) currently fighting on the ground, a force that is all part of the infantry, which means that we have reached a stage in which battles depend on the competence of the individual and the extent of his knowledge of the land.

The military expert attributed the fall of many deaths and injuries among the ranks of the occupation - during the past days - to this shift in the method of war on the part of Israel, which was forced to do so after it lost more than 960 tanks during the past months, as he put it.

As for the resistance, Al-Duwairi adds, it is currently adopting the principle of a war of attrition in order to avoid the challenges surrounding it, including surveillance aircraft, fire support, and smart weapons, which gives it an open time frame to carry out its operations according to the conditions on the ground.

Accordingly, the resistance may spend days without carrying out any operation because it selects its targets according to the data on the ground, Al-Duwairi says.

Entering Rafah is subject to a settlement in Khan Yunis

Regarding the operation that Israel threatens to carry out in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, Al-Duwairi reiterated that Israel will not be able to enter it before the Khan Yunis battle is resolved.

According to Al-Duwairi, Israel does not have sufficient strength to begin a large ground operation in Rafah before completing Khan Yunis, in addition to being confronted with international objections to a direct operation in the region, which includes about 1.5 million people.

The military expert concluded that Israel "will try to find a way out for the civilians in Rafah, even if it is an inhumane way out."

Source: Al Jazeera