Excerpt: “The Unprecedented Nature of the Conflict and the General Scale and Intensity of IDF Operations: The theme of equating the current war to previous rounds of hostilities between Hamas and Israel is misguided, as it compares utterly different things. While previous rounds were limited in their objectives and primarily intended to degrade some of Hamas’ military capabilities, the objectives of the current war are much more expansive – as they include completely dismantling Hamas’ military and ruling capabilities, following the Hamas’ horrific terror attack of October 7th. These objectives have dictated, among other things, the scope and pace of the attacks against Hamas’ military infrastructure and the launching of a large-scale ground operation by the IDF in Gaza. For these and other reasons, the current war differs from previous hostilities, affecting IDF operations accordingly. It is also largely misguided to equate this war with other conflicts in the 21st century.”