[U.S. Army Combined Arms Center] Matt M. Matthews - After years of conducting successful counterinsurgency operations against the Palestinians, the Israeli military encountered substantial problems in shifting its focus to major combat operations against Hizbullah. The missteps committed by the IDF in this war provide the U.S. Army with valuable examples of potential difficulties when counterinsurgency operations are abruptly changed to major combat operations.
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