Vietnam-style phase in Gaza, deadly trap and endless losses – Middle East Monitor

Unprecedented criticism has surfaced within Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as analysts describe the war in Gaza as Israel’s own “Vietnam phase” — a deadly trap marked by heavy losses and an unending drain on resources — with warnings that a full military occupation of the Strip could prove an even “bigger mistake” than the one made by the United States in Vietnam.

In a strongly worded opinion published in Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli…