Gaza: A look back at Israels ground attack on Hizbollah militants in Lebanon in 2006 - je 04.01.2009 10

Israel's ground offensive in Gaza is already being compared to the attack it launched on Hizbollah militants in Lebanon in the summer of 2006. That conflict lasted just over a month - and is widely viewed in Israel as a military failure. An internal government commission criticised the operation as a "missed opportunity... without a defined military victory."