@MLClark I dipped into #MSNBC this afternoon. They had a retired U.S. general who recalled the mistake the U.S. made when it failed to plan for the occupation after the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. He fears that #Israel is about to make the same mistake.
I can understand that, from the IDF perspective, the longer they wait the longer Hamas soldiers can blend into the evacuees and escape. But that's not much consolation for the innocent.