The New war of attrition

After the six-day war there began a war of attrition between Israel and the Egyptian army which lasted until the Yom Kippur war in 1973.
It was a bitter war that had a demoralizing effect on the Israeli army.
It is happening again now along the border between Israel and the Gaza strip.
Almost constant barrage of rockets or incendiary Kites from the Gazan side with retaliatory strikes from Israel.
It cannot and will not go on like this for much longer.
The IDF does not want to enter the strip and is even less interested in being responsible for the 2 million people who live there.
At some point it will happen though.
There will be little choice.
The mess created by the unilateral withdrawal from the strip over ten years ago is still with us.
There is no optimum solution but there are some steps that could be partial solutions.
An entire section of the Sinai desert should be allocated for Gazan residents.
Infrastructure for at least 50,000 new homes should be built to allow the true poorest of Gazan residents adequate housing.
With the rampant corruption in Gaza it may be very difficult to allocate these housing units fairly.
A European country together with the UN might coordinate such a project.
This idea is likely to be a part of the peace plan that will be presented some day by President Trumps team.
The main leaders of the Hamas and Jihad movement will need to be killed or arrested.
This will be no easy task to say the least/
If the Egyptian military could govern the strip and its new section until new elections are held.
The Hamas and Jihad need to be outlawed and more normal parties should run in elections.
This is also a very difficult task indeed.
As much territory along the coastline should be allocated to the Gazan population to ease the extreme poverty and overcrowding.
There are many more steps to take after the takeover of Israel in the next foray into the strip
It is going to happen sooner or later
Probably sooner.