The Untold Story of How Israel Failed on October 7

[Timber Rattler]

https://www.commentary.org/articles/jonathan-foreman/how-israel-failed-on-october-7/

The Hebrew word mechdal has no precise equivalent in English. It signifies a great catastrophe for which human beings are responsible by inaction, error, or irresponsibility. The Yom Kippur War of 1973, which began when an unprepared IDF was taken by surprise by simultaneous Syrian and Egyptian attacks, has often been referred to as a mechdal. The October 7, 2023, attack was an even greater mechdal.

The more you learn about the events of that day, the more it seems that almost everything that could go wrong did go wrong. In fact, things could easily have gone far worse.

That the attacks did not kill many more people, and have a vastly more destructive effect on the State of Israel, was largely thanks to the extraordinary heroism of civilian defense teams, local police units, and small groups of soldiers who fought Hamas attacks on communities, cities, and key junctions even as nearby IDF garrisons were overrun. The thanks also goes to special-forces teams that were the first to arrive in the south in response to the invasion.

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Very good article on how Israeli hubris and complacency led to the October 7 attacks by Hamas, and how it could have been much worse if not for a few militia and police who held off the terrorists at key places and moments long enough for the IDF to respond..