I had a good talk with @RonSteslow about all things urban warfare and the Israel-Hamas war on the "Politicolgy" podcast. podcasts.apple.com/u…

In case you forgot, the Hamas military strategy of the Israel-Hamas war is not human shields but human sacrifice. They repeatedly say they need as many of their civilians in Gaza to die as possible to achieve their strategic goal of destroying Israel & killing all jews. “The…

The 2017 Battle of Marawi, another battle showing the difficulty of removing an entrenched enemy defender where it can takes weeks and major resources to clear a single building (strongpoints). "They employed these methods for both smaller buildings and larger, multistory…

Vivd detail of the operation that recovered the bodies of the 4 Israelis and the intense urban combat the @IDF face in Jabalya. “His team had completed an objective but instead of moving on, Roy decided to linger. With the instincts of a professional combat soldier, he probed…

All militaries have soldiers that do stupid stuff. The @IDF moved quickly to investigate and address this soldier’s stupid actions. “This evening, in what appears to be the first reaction to the video, Defense Minister Yoav Galant told the fighters operating in Rafah that "in…