1)

Why did they need to strike them? Verse 11 implies that Hashem struck them, and Yisrael did not need to fight!

1.

Malbim: They fought only the cities around Grar, which are of the Pelishtim; Hashem did not strike them. Yisrael struck them, for they feared Yisrael.

2)

Why does it say "va'Yavozu? Vizah"? Verse 12 called the spoils "Shalal"!

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Malbim (12 and Yeshayah 8:1): Shalal is what remains automatically when the enemy falls in war. It is called Bizah only when plunderers take it.

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