Israel’s war on Gaza has been ongoing for 102 days, most of which had been marked by high-intensity conflict in the enclave, killing at least 24,285 Palestinians and wounding more than 61,154, according to Gaza’s health authorities. At the outset of the war Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant set out Israel’s military plans as consisting of three phases. The first phase occurred before Israel began its ground operation, and consisted of a mass of air and artillery strikes, much of which was concentrated on northern Gaza. Included in this phase was Israel’s calling up of 300,000 reserves, ama…