Israeli Air Force Official: Without U.S. Aid, Israel Couldn't Fight Gaza Beyond a Few Months
A senior air force officer also tells Haaretz about the international cooperation that thwarted Iran's attack in April and delivered a preemptive strike on Hezbollah in August, amid efforts for Israel to decrease this dependence
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Hamas practiced in plain sight, posting video of mock attack weeks before border breach
Michael Milshtein, a retired Israeli colonel who previously led the military intelligence department overseeing the Palestinian territories, said he was aware of the Hamas videos, but was still caught off guard by the ambition and scale of Saturday’s attack.
“We knew about the drones, we knew about booby traps, we knew about cyberattacks and the marine forces. The surprise was the coordination between all those systems,” Milshtein said.
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Israel ignored the large-scale training exercises which made the coordination possible.
They've since revised estimates of the numbers who stormed the border to 3,800 militants and 2,200 civilians. |
