Answering the question as to why Israeli forces are again striking near safe zones and hospitals, Omar Ashour, military and security studies professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says their intelligence units are “not very accurate”.

Even the precision-guided munitions Israeli forces use are not very accurate and the strikes are very close to safe zones, he told Al Jazeera.

“When they kill innocent people, they create more of a human disaster that we’re seeing. In terms of their security strategy, they facilitate recruitment, mobilisation, more anger against them and it defeats the purpose in a way. It’s a cycle. You undermine your strategy by these tactical strikes,” Ashour said.

With the war now in its ninth month, Israeli forces have failed to achieve their objectives — destroying the Palestinian military formations and releasing the captives.

“The main achievement was done by ceasefire when 105 hostages were released and we have about six of them released by military force,” he said. “[Israeli forces] are continuing strikes based on not very accurate intelligence.”