When will the full-scale Israeli ground offensive in Gaza begin? (not isolated raids)
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Nov or later

When will Israeli forces begin the major offensive into Gaza? This means sending substantial forces with the purpose of beginning to take territory and extricate Hamas from that territory, as opposed to isolated small raids like the ones yesterday.

Resolution will use the Israeli time zone. No offensive will resolve as "Nov or later".

Updated market with bins further in time: https://manifold.markets/connorwilliams97/when-will-the-fullscale-israeli-gro-18f9e903fb10

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bought Ṁ50 of Nov or later YES

Raid tonight was bigger but ultimately didn’t seem to hold any territory.

bought Ṁ444 of Oct 26-31 YES

@Panfilo IDF says they stayed there overnight

@Domer Yep saw that Osint post right after this

@Domer And then left? Was there a successful counterattack?

@DanPowell They're still there rn

bought Ṁ500 of Nov or later YES

I'm assuming this market will resolve on Nov 1st, Israeli time?

Market on what time of day will it occur. I get the impression people expect early morning, but am not sure how strong that expectation is.

bought Ṁ200 of Oct 18 NO
sold Ṁ126 of Nov or later NO

New market with updated bins and a separate bin for "no offensive in 2023": https://manifold.markets/connorwilliams97/when-will-the-fullscale-israeli-gro-18f9e903fb10

bought Ṁ100 of Oct 18 NO

No ground invasion resolves to N/A or to 'Nov or later'?

@Simon74fe I'm flexible on this. What do you all prefer?

@connorwilliams97 Nov or later - I've always thought this includes "Never"

@PlainBG yeah me too

@manifoldaccount I'm a veteran of prediction markets, they don't usually allow for resolving to NA (unlike this app) so the "X or later" tends to include "never".

Thanks for feedback. It will resolve to "Nov or later" and I will update the description to specify this.

@connorwilliams97 since the market closes Oct 31, it's a moot point regardless.

I'll make another market tomorrow, with updated time buckets, if the offensive does not begin by then.

bought Ṁ300 of Oct 20-25 YES

It's rainy till the 20th so bought up Oct 20-25.

How do you define “substantial forces”? 1,000 troops? 10,000? 100,000?

@tg it's less about the number of troops and more about acting with clear intention to take and hold territory.