This chapter recounts the speaker's firsthand observations during a visit to Gaza with the Israeli Defense Forces, detailing the extensive destruction and the challenges posed by underground tunnels. The speaker argues for substantial investment in reconstruction to mitigate future conflict.
British Army major and Sandhurst lecturer Andrew Fox recently spent a week with the Israel Defense Forces including a day inside Gaza. He was struck by the IDF's control of Gazan territory and shocked by the level of physical devastation. Listen as Fox and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss Fox's analysis of Israel's performance in the Gazan war, why Fox believes that Israel is succeeding, and what he thinks Israel's critics get right and wrong.