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Israel could pull off the invasion, but planning for day after is tougher part

For Israel, which has launched the second phase of its war, invading Gaza could become an adventure – or misadventure – like riding a tiger: the difficult part would be dismounting it. Israel could quickly take over the territory if it wanted to. Israel would still face the question of what to do with the nearly ungovernable territory from which it had withdrawn in 2005 only to see it fall into the hands of Hamas which launched a deadly attack on Israel.