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Israel-Gaza Megathread #1
This is a megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
Paragliders are novelty that could be effective only once.
Hamas just went in force and caught IDF unprepared. There is no defence that could not be overwhelmed.
The questions are
Why was the amassing of power missed?
Why were IDF unprepared?
Had Israel went softer from the long period of relative peace and iron dome?
They were less vigilant that they should have been. And I think that for older generations the idea of musical festival next to the Gaza Strip would have been a bad one. There is definitely mismatch between the rhetoric of Israel being under constant existential threat and their behaviour in this case.
Who helped hamas organise this thing? Is there a new Arab Thrawn in the Gaza Strip? I don't think it is Iran because - well Iran are incompetent . They have no fresh experience in this type of warfare.
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Paragliders are novelty that could be effective only once. Hamas just went in force and caught IDF unprepared. There is no defence that could not be overwhelmed. The questions are
They were less vigilant that they should have been. And I think that for older generations the idea of musical festival next to the Gaza Strip would have been a bad one. There is definitely mismatch between the rhetoric of Israel being under constant existential threat and their behaviour in this case.
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