The Iranians have had the C-802 for some time. Since they are a principal threat to Israel, and since Hezbollah is openely supported by Iran, I canot imagine Israel not being trained and prepared for that threat.
It may well have been a command failure as i doubt they were expectng top of the line seaskimming crusie missles from them
After working 23 years in the EW field I can. The countermeasures and detection equipment need to have that system programmed into the libraries, and more importantly the operators need to know it dead to rights. Since the missile only has a 160 mile range and was not known to be operational in the little corner of the Med, I doubt they were up to speed on it.
That damage doesn't look like it was caused by an anti-ship missile. This story still reeks to me.
Are you ex Navy or a defense lobbiest?
Do you have access to a photo of the damage? I haven't seen one yet.