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  Policing in Gaza has blunted IDF fighting abilities
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Last EditedPenguin  Aug 21, 2006 09:33pm
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MediaNewspaper - Ha Aretz
News DateTuesday, August 22, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionOne of the main conclusions of the war against Hezbollah will be the
fact that the fighting abilities of the ground forces deployed by the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon have been blunted by years of police action in the territories.

Most units, in their training and operations, followed fighting doctrines of police forces and not of standing armies. Hezbollah trains, fights and is equiped as an army, utilizing some of the most advanced anti-tank missiles and other weapons.
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