the six day war was fought among armies with tanks and aircraft mostly away from civilian populations.
the present war is assymetriacal. the war is fought essentially in battlefields where hamas and the civilian population are comingled. contrary to what people think, the idf is doing its utmost to keep down casualties on both sides.
in the six day war, israeli killed were 800, and combined arab killed were 21,000.
in this war, ten israeli soldieres were killed, and about 500-550 hamas men were killed.
thus, it is obvious that the great care taken by the idf to minimise the casualties on both sides, has slowed the tempo of the operation. |
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