Understanding Gaza’s asymmetric war

THERE is a very important saying in military conflicts and wars: "Do not start a war without knowing how to end it."

- ZAYNAB NAUSHAD KHAN

Another saying goes: "Not everyone who starts a war can end it," and in another version: "The party that starts the war is not necessarily the one that determines how it will end."

Before getting into the details of this letter, | want to say that in terms of describing the current war in Gaza, it is classified in conflict and war studies as an asymmetric war, because it is taking place between an organised army composed of brigades and battalions, and a liberation movement rebelling against a colonial system.

It is a war whose outcome is difficult to predict.

In most cases, regular armies suffer significant losses and rarely achieve victory.

This is linked to the inability to control the movements of the agile, flexible resistance movements, which are organised into small, interconnected networked groups with different methods of command and control compared to the hierarchical structure of a regular army.