alright, let's go to washington now and bringing william wexler, he's a senior director of the raft recovery center and middle east programs at the atlantic council. he's also held senior positions in the us government advising on counter terrorism. thanks for joining us. glad to have been with us, and it's rarely ground offensive and deliberate on a p is to be on the why, what is ralph and maybe it, i'm see, or israel has a signal that is, this is a limited campaign, at least at the outset, to drive how's the law forces away from the border in order to deny them the ability to dig to use short range artillery. another short range rockets to hit moreover is real. this uh, this plan was the product of discussions over the weekend with divided administration. who feels that it has limited israel's objectives successfully, but that remains to be seen when we know much of his bill as leadership has been taken out in recent strikes. so what do you make of 9 cas ends message that has the law is ready for and is read the ground invasion as well as block in the last number of weeks and really months

william wexler is a middle list analyst at the atlantic council in washington, dc. i asked him earlier about the immediate kinds of israel's gratification. drill has a signal that if this is a limited campaign, at least at the outset, to dr. has the law forces away from the border in order to deny them the ability to, to, to use short range artillery. another short range rockets to hit more than israel this uh, this plan was the product of discussions over the weekend with the, by the administration who feels that it has limited israel's objectives successfully. but what that remains to be seen when we know much of his, well, his leadership has been taken out in recent strikes. so what do you make of 9 customs message that has the law is ready for and is read the ground invasion as well as block in the last number of weeks and really months, but it especially recently is diminished. it's decapitated now and it's widely in disarray. but it is still very dangerous. it is still incredibly well armed. it has perhaps as many as a 100000 rockets, missiles, drones, and oth