re: Israel–Hamas War Discussion Thread: News Links On First Page

I don’t have the link and don’t have the patience to search for it but I watched a video from one of the war/intel channels on YT and it had some interesting insight on how the attack took place.Maybe correct, maybe bullshite but seems more plausible than some of the tin foil lover bullshite I’ve seen posted.

Some points from memory:

Most of the Hamas terrorists didn’t know what was going on until the last minute. The ones who did were high level and avoided cell phones etc. to avoid Israeli intercept. They may have know something was brewing but not when or how close the actual action was.

The terrorists waited until the last moment to mass and inform the low level Hamas terrorists and with the holiday there was little chance to notice and sound the alarm in time. You would think the Israelis would have learned about holidays from the Yom Kippur war but some lessons can be forgotten over time. Think of how people acted right after 9/11 and now think how they act on the anniversary now. Hell how many people don't even remember it happened? Being surrounded but terrorist that want to kill you for decades can desensitize you to the danger.

The border fence monitoring system relied heavily on cell networks which were damaged/taken down with low flying drones which were small and went under the Iron Dome. This left the Israelis blind and once again the holiday slowed response. The cell towers going down also meant comms were down all over so once again the alarm was hard to sound and even if certain areas were aware and trying to organize a response, the town over may have been oblivious.

The trained Hamas terrorists were joined by run of the mill pieces of shite in large numbers when the fences were penetrated. This led to the attack being far more successful than even Hamas had planned. Just having large numbers of bloodthirsty murderers running around made the response even harder. They were basically just “wilding” and there was no rhyme or reason so trying to figure out their next move/next target was near impossible and while they were being tracked down people were constantly dying.

Whatever the case I'm sure many lessons will be learned/relearned.