I give the IDF credit for what appears to be a methodical approach; the Hezebola beast has grown for six years and it will take time to map out its entrails. Progress is cumulative and "each link connects to two more".
I read a fascinating piece on IDF strategy indicating that its military strategy focused on encircling Hezbollah with the intentions of choking them. This in contrast to a "head but" so to speak. I have read a few times from IDF sources that there does seem to be a learning curve. They're having to learn Hez.tactics specifically handling the rocket launchers.
Here's an excerpt from Jerusalem Post:
Criticism has been heard in the army on the hurried way that some of the forces were sent into the village. The Egoz force was sent in daylight by a route that exposed them to Hizbullah, and some of the tanks operating in the area weren't properly protected.
On Sunday a makeshift workshop had been set up on the old border road next to Moshav Avivim, where technical teams were attaching huge steel plates underneath Merkava tanks to protect them from explosive devices like the one that had killed four soldiers during the first hours of the kidnapping that began the conflict 12 days ago.
"That's the way it works, you learn from mistakes" said the chief of one of the technical crews. Not only ground devices worried the tank crews. A tank driver from Brigade 7 resting at the side of the road after his tank had left Lebanon said that "many of our tanks took hits, mainly from Sagger rockets; none of the tanks were destroyed but quite a few of our friends were wounded."
OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam said at a briefing at Northern Command on Sunday that "the force in Maroun Al-Ras came across opposition that necessitated additional back-up and a paratrooper force professionally took control of the village."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153291981228&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull