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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-771063
IDF Tactics in the Gaza Ground Offensive
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The IDF has put extensive censorship on what can be reported about its military tactics in Gaza. Hamas is used to having access to Israeli open sources for real-time intelligence on IDF troop movements. The censorship has been effective and has led to Hamas mispositioning its forces in trying to guess where the IDF will show up next. Artillery and tanks are using a variety of smoke-style diversions to make it difficult for Hamas forces to get clear shots at IDF forces when they enter new areas. D9 bulldozers are being used to clear out boobytraps and mines before soldiers enter various areas. Drones are being used extensively in conjunction with land forces to strike Hamas forces, which come out to engage IDF forces. This is an advantage over airstrikes alone, which do not force Hamas forces out of their hideouts. The support of artillery and tanks allows much more immediate destruction of hiding places anytime Hamas forces reveal themselves with gunfire.