I served in the IDF in the last military ground operation in Gaza and led a squadron in the West Bank. AMA 

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Ground op: infantry, tanks, artillery, intelligence units by foot/vehicle. <10k soldiers if not much more 

Lots of Palestinians will die sadly, decent amount of Israeli soldiers will too. 

The emphasis will be on getting back the hostages. But having so many is extremely new

No not confident, but remember that a ton of those are cooks, base security guards, office workers, intelligence, camera operators, janitors, trainers. 

Israel also doesn’t want to risk too many soldiers so it’ll happen in waves. All depends how long it continues.  

So only a small fraction of the total massed is likely to proceed? I've read in excess of 250k troops called with a similar amount stationed at the border. You're confident 1/50th will proceed on foot?