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Originally Posted by Pointman
Israel Defensive Force has shocking THREE false alarms this evening. First one was about alleged infiltration from Lebanon. Second was about alleged attack of drones with a map of all north being in red. Third was a human error that send command to go to shelters to the whole country. All three were genuine IDF messages, not fake twitter news. Yet all three were false. My kids went to shelter twice tonight, for the first times in their lives, abs so was I. Israelis are shocked by the false alert rates and, together with failure to anticipate initial attack by Hamas, this generated a lot of talk about how Israel army may not be as great, as we thought it is.
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Well...that may be part of the plan.
I am no expert, by any means, my laymen's research and speaking with ex-Israeli Military members has largely shaped my view of the Israeli army as one that is exceedingly well trained, equipped and prepared.
As one might expect for a people and a nation that is essentially under constant threat.
But when this all happened and the Israelis were 'taken by surprise' that kind of shocked me.
You would think they would be prepared for an eventuality like this, based on their reputation.
But maybe they've been sitting on that reputation for a little too long and things got lax.