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The army of Israel just wait for the green light to launch a ground offensive on Linkterritory bombed since October 7th, when the Islamic group Hamas infiltrated Israeli territory and killed more than 1,400 people. The Hebrew country’s Armed Forces are among the most powerful in the world, but they are not invulnerable.
The surprise attack against Israel perpetrated by Hamas by land, sea and air he departed also at least 286 Israeli soldiers killed and serious questions for the intelligence services for not being able to detect the Islamists’ plan in time, and for the delay in the military’s reaction to put an end to the attack before the attack was carried out. massacre of civilians.
TO LOOK: Yossi Melman, journalist: “Israel will have to fight door to door in a very urban area and there will be victims in Gaza”
In Linkuntil this Sunday the attacks on Israel In retaliation, they left more than 2,300 Palestinians dead and thousands injured.
Israel ordered on Friday that the inhabitants of the north Link leave the area and head south, in what analysts interpret as a first step towards launching a ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
In total, in Link 2.4 million people live there, 1.1 million of them have their homes in the north.
Since Friday, tens of thousands of people have left for southern Gaza, according to the UN.
At this point, it is worth analyzing what the power of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to face this new war with Hamasand which other Middle Eastern countries have powerful armies.
Every year, Global Fire Power (GFP) analyzes the power of each nation to fight wars on land, sea and air by conventional means.
In this analysis, Israel ranks 18th out of 145 countries which are part of the annual study, according to the GFP.
It should be noted that the five countries classified as the greatest military powers in the world are: 1. United States, 2 Russia, 3 China, 4 India and 5 United Kingdom.
As for the troops, Israel has 646,000 military personnel, including active and reservists..
Of this total, active military personnel are made up of 173 thousand people, reserve military personnel are 465 thousand and there are 8 thousand paramilitary personnel.
He Israeli air power It consists of 601 available aircraft, including 241 fighters, 32 attack, 15 transport, 153 training, 23 special missions, 11 tankers, 126 helicopters, 48 attack helicopters.
In Earththe power of Israel is composed of 2,200 tanks56,290 armored fighting vehicles, 650 self-propelled artillery devices, 300 towed artillery devices and 300 rocket launchers.
While naval power It consists of 67 warships and submarines. Among them are 7 war corvettes, 45 patrol ships and 5 submarines.
By 2023, Israel’s defense budget amounted to 24.3 billion dollars.
CNN interviewed Alexei Chevezsecurity and armed forces consultant, who said that Israel’s firepower is indisputableimmensely superior compared Hamasan Islamic group designated as terrorist by the United States and the European Union to whom the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu declared war.
“The numbers between the capabilities of the Israel Defense Forces and that of the militants of this Hamas terrorist group are very, very different”Chavez said.
He added that the million-dollar military budget he has Israel It allows for cutting-edge combat aircraft, a considerable number of tanks and attack helicopters, among other cutting-edge equipment.
Will it be enough to defeat Hamas?
Chévez told CNN that although the number of Israel can be very blunt, “not everything you see reflected in numbers can be transferred to the universe, which is the Gaza strip”, where there are hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped between two fires.
“You will not send an atomic bomb to Linkyou will not use fighter planes that you do not need, just as you will not use the ones they are using now to drop bombs and destroy apparently military installations in Hamas” he pointed out.
The expert estimated that very soon Israel will have to invade Gaza with its soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and helicopters. And then, he states, the burden of combat will fall on the experience of Israeli soldiers against Hamas fighters and their equipment: “It looks more uniform”, he comments.
Regarding why Israel did not detect the plan Hamas, Chévez said: “This is an issue that will take the Israelis years to resolve. Let’s say there was fluid peace on the southern border and they never imagined they could be surprised. And, above all, there is another thing: that they were surprised at the way they did it; that is, in the use of bulldozers to demolish the protections that the Israelis had on their border, launching 2,500 rockets simultaneously (Hamas says it was 5,000), as it was something they had not designed in their war games, nor expected.” .
Regarding the future of the conflict, Chévez estimated: “Today, the majority of public opinion is committed to supporting Israel because of the atrocities that we saw them (Hamas) commit, but when we also begin to see collateral damage from the Israeli bombings, the clashes in the cities , as this unilateral and unconditional support will likely wane somewhat.”
The analysis of Global firepower It also ranks the most powerful armies in the world. Middle East beyond Israel.
The best positioned is Pakistanwhat It occupies 7th position among 145 analyzed.
so come Türkiyea NATO member who is in 11th place among the main world powers.
Follow Egypt, ranked 14th out of 145 countries considered for the annual PFM review.
The fourth most powerful nation in the world middle East It is Willwhich is ranked 17th in the Global Fire Power analysis.
And the fifth most powerful army in middle East It is Saudi Arabiain 22nd place in the ranking.
Of all these powerful countries in the Middle East, it is Will who openly supports Hamas and has increased the tone of its threats to Israel in the last days.
This Sunday, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hosein Amir Abdolahiantold the Qatari network Al Jazeera that Your country will not be a mere “spectator” of the crimes committed in Gaza by Israeland once again warned about the possibility of The conflict spreads throughout the region.
The possibility of opening other fronts in the war “increases every hour”, he warned. He said the only way to avoid this scenario is to stop bombings in Link. He repeated this “all scenarios are on the table.”
If the conflict expands in the region, “The United States will also suffer great losses”threatened Abdolahian.
Source: Elcomercio
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