THE SECOND LEBANON WAR AND THE OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE / TZUK EITAN AS EXAMPLES OF ASYMMETRIC CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces - Year 2015, Vol 177, Issue 3
Abstract
In the article there are analysed characteristics of an asymmetry of a contemporary battlefield on the grounds of the Second Lebanon War in 2006 and the Operation Protective Edge / Tzuk Eitan in the Gaza Strip in 2014. In the beginning the author presents Polish and Israeli definitions of an asymmetric conflict and its manifestations. Further, there are described causes of both conflicts and capabilities the parties had at their disposal before the direct military confrontation. Then, there are specified forms as well as measures undertaken by the Israel Defence Forces in the fight against Hezbollah in South Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. The result is the characteristics of an asymmetry in the Middle East and the description of the evolution process of activity and structures of terrorist organisations and the Israel Defence Forces. This made it possible to show the process of learning and adjusting actions to the way the enemy operates, its potential and conditions surrounding both state and non-state actors.
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Paweł POKRZYWIŃSKI
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