static warfare

In the following weeks, according to the analyst Frederic Wehrey, the fight devolved into a stalemate: “fixed lines of static warfare, with both sides lobbing rockets.”

The static warfare, with enemies frequently close enough to call out to one another, as well as the common plight of all, seemed to have created a bond of sorts, an understanding of the humanity of the other side.

Day-to-Day Danger For a mobile army whose motto has always been "Attack," the static warfare of the Bar-Lev Line is an often demoralizing experience.

One tough French colonel last week recalled Namdinh's static warfare, looked approvingly over his newly taut armored task force and said: "Now I am free to move."