How, in spite of everything?
- Despite the fact that in the past two years, terrorism has raised its head.
- Even though Judea and Samaria is burning.
- Although it was clear that Hamas was responsible for what was happening in northern Samaria, Jenin.
- Although it is clear that since Operation Protective Edge, Hamas has grown stronger under Iranian sponsorship.
- Even though it was clear that our enemies saw and spoke of Israeli weakness.
- Despite the fact that for nearly six months it is clear that our enemies have gained confidence and daring.
- Although for such a scenario the IDF is prepared.
- Although the recent period requires full readiness in all sectors.
- Although Israel has the best intelligence.
- Despite all this and more, we woke up this morning to a combined Hamas attack from the air, sea and land.
Hamas apparently adopted Hezbollah's doctrine of action based on the Radwan forces, whose mission is to infiltrate northern communities and carry out a killing spree, thereby attempting to decide the battle and undermine the resilience of Israeli society.
Hamas tractor topples separation fence with Gaza
An attack of this type requires intelligence gathering over time, requires extensive preparation and training in order to reach a precise level of action, requires significant strategic thinking that is implemented over time, but mainly requires tremendous daring that shows a lack of deterrence rather than a weakness in deterrence, the kind we have tried to explain in recent months.
It seems that Hamas has been preparing for this operation for many months, which is the real reason it did not intervene in the recent operation in Gaza – Shield and Arrow. For him, it was a waste of unnecessary energy and a disruption to this tremendous readiness that we saw this morning.
From the air and on the ground: Hamas publishes documentation of training for surprise attack on Israel
The State of Israel is in the most difficult hours of the campaign, and what is needed at the moment is to achieve control and ground superiority.
There will still be time for debriefings and difficult questions, the first of which is: How is it possible that we were once again surprised after 50 years that the scar of the Yom Kippur War is still etched in the national consciousness? Where is the basic intelligence and how did we allow the border to be breached like this?
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