A senior
army intelligence
official has admitted that
Israel underestimated the tenacity of
Gaza militants and did **t expect a 50-day conflict to last so long, but he insisted they were soundly beaten. The conflict, which ended with a ceasefire last week, killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, as well as 66 soldiers and six civilians on the Israeli side, in the bloodiest battle between the Jewish state and
Gaza militants for years. He said the training of some Hamas militants had impressed him, but that there were ** "surprises" for Israeli forces. "You can see for sure they were trained outside of the
Gaza Strip," the
official said, but added "we haven't seen anything that has surprised us" militarily.
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