Merkava getting droned. the myth about this tank is no more
Well it's clear that Trophy doesn't work against drone drops then. Lessons for Akkor v1.5
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So much to say, so much to write.
It is very clear that this has been under planning for months. A multi pronged attack combining land, air and sea elements, as well as using tunnels and civilian dressed operatives entering cities before attack started. It oozes IGRC. We know that Hamas and specially Qassam brigades have been receiving training both from Quds and Hezbollah for years and that it was clear for the last 5 years that the concept of warfare they subscribed to was changing rapidly, which Syrian war helped a lot.
Ironically, very clear similarities to how PKK tries to operate with paramotors, tunnels, civilian operatives, drone explosives etc. There will be so many lessons for TSK to learn from, especially regarding border units.
Going forward, I don't subscribe to Israel giving an inch to later get a mile. Firstly, Israel lacks the strategic depth to achieve this. Their state security and more importantly economy depends on a normalized conflict, when it's controllable at the border. When border shifts even for a day or a week, Israeli citizens go in to the war mode, economy comes to a standstill and on longer periods, they lose outside backing both in the form of political capital and financial capital ie investments into Israeli economy.
Wrote about this extensively over the years. With all its advantages, being able to intercept hundreds of rockets overnight, situation Israel is in is untenable. And no one in the region except Turkey can't help them. Israel is losing bad against Iranian encroachment and today was just a teaser. World just sat on and watched while Iran turned hezbollah and Hamas into a proxy of IRGC. Thanks Obama. This won't translate to a Palestine for Palestinians, none at all, but it will also ensure that Israel will never be allowed to live in their own peace as long as Iran stands. This much is clear. Bibi is an opportunist but even he can't turn this into an agreement to stop the fighting when this much Israeli blood is spilled so fast in just 6 hours. He'll need to retaliate, heavily.
I am very much interested in how will all this will translate to future policy, especially regarding Turkey, Israel, Qatar and Azerbaijan. I don't think Turkish MFA has made an announcement yet on anything. And I really doubt we enjoy seeing any of this, even if a hard pressed Israel is better for us. Thousands will die today and probably reach 5 digits by the end of the week with Israeli responses on Gaza. Also interested in how will Gulf respond to the coming Israeli wrath.
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NEW: Erdogan calls for restraint in Israel and Palestine for all parties
Welp, we can assume Israeli Turkish gas corridor is back in to the freezer i think.