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Source: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyNote47-Turjeman.pdf
The Road to Protective Edge: The 2014 Israel-Hamas Confrontation in Gaza
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) IDF Maj.-Gen. (res.) Sami Turjeman - Both sides have continued to build their forces exactly as before: on the Hamas side, rockets, tunnels, and raiding forces; on the Israeli side, defense technology to counter the offensive tunnels, strengthening the active-defense system against rockets, intelligence enhancement, airstrikes, and bolstering advanced maneuver and conquering capabilities. Given the maintenance of existing military concepts on both sides, one has every reason to believe the next confrontation will largely mirror the last - only it will be stronger, more advanced, and potentially more violent. The writer was chief of IDF Southern Command during the 2014 Gaza war.