A recently published book by Ehud Eilam, named "The Next War between Israel and Egypt: Examining a High-intensity War between Two of the Strongest Militaries in the Middle East", examines principles of modern conventional warfare in the Middle East.
The purpose is to present a model of such a war by analysing how Egypt and Israel might encounter each other. They would collide on the same old battlefield of their former wars, i.e. the frontline again would be the Sinai Peninsula and the campaign would be a conventional one.
The book evaluates key military factors in land; air and sea combat in a future showdown between two of the strongest militaries in the Middle East, those of Israel and Egypt. The purpose is not to create one overall scenario of the next war between the two states, but to examine each aspect separately in order to highlight its importance.
The next war between Israel and Egypt would be based on many familiar factors from past confrontations, including the Arab – Israeli wars, such as a fight for air superiority, air – ground bombardments, ground combat between tanks and infantry etc. Defense in depth or forward defense in the Sinai would also be an important issue.
There would be new military factors as well. The demilitarizing of the Sinai means that neither side would have military infrastructure in the entire peninsula. Furthermore it would be the first showdown between Israel and Egypt when both militaries are founded on thousands of U.S. weapons systems.
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