- There is footage showing missile strikes, not all are published but many are. Take into mind the platforms are not just some stand, they are within conclaves in ground or buildings, cant be 'sniped'.
- To collapse the tunnels IDF needs to go into the neighbourhoods and do exactly what they are doing now, the entrances are there. The fights are so intense that the military has to heavily bomb the area so soldiers don't get slaughtered by home advantaged fighters jumping around via underground passages flaking them. Also note the tunnels into israel reach to 2km long, so fully collapsing them is a big operation, and needs to be done carefully, so far they have found over 20, one apparently leads right near a dining room of a communal village in israel.
- Regarding flechettes, there needs to be context to this, if the army decided it should use it, it is allowed, you call it brutal, they call it effective for scenario x or y.
- you say there must be a better strategy, i dont think there is any good example of anyone dealing with such combat better, or that anyone was forced to deal with such a hostile area. The army calls hours before invading an area, shoots small warning missiles at targets etc this is a big tactical disadvantage to them there is 0 surprise element for the IDF, putting them in more of a disadvantage, so to say there is no concern is not fair, as i see it this is just a majorly shitty situation, but its not at all surprising when a civilian area is also a damn military compound.
