How does the author know the IDF is not prepared?
Author is stuck in 1945. Glorious Soviet Union!
>> How does the author know the IDF is not prepared?
The author says the IDF *is prepared*, in a confusing double-negative way — they are “not unprepared”:
“they are a known threat and one for which the IDF is not unprepared”
Defending those tunnels has its’ own dangers. The Japanese created warrens of tunnels on Pacific islands. Mortality rate among defenders was 100%. We did pretty well against tunnels in Vietnam, too, when we chose to. And then we didn’t have wireguided robots or sponge bombs, both of which the IDF is already deploying.
The Hamas tunnels are known to be dependent on electricity for ventilation. Destroy their sources and they become as uninhabitable as a collapsed gold mine. Find their air intakes and deploy tear gas, or something stronger.
They’ll send in robots with cameras and belt fed 50 cals attached.
Real problem (as planned by the enemy) is to be gentle in rescuing the hostages the soldiers can’t be rough to the Hamas soldiers.
Can’t flood the tunnels like Carl in Caddyshack.
The whole things is a nightmare and every act of normal war will be a UN and Dem “war crime.” After literally thousands were kidnapped or slaughtered in Israel in a sneak attack.
They’ll send in robots with cameras and belt fed 50 cals attached.
The IDF is not letting on what they are doing or what they know. Smart move.