Political scientist Yakov Kedmi is online Tsargrad.tv He criticized the actions of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) following the Hamas attack. He reminded that Israel fought against two powerful armies in the Middle East in 1973. But, according to him, last weekend the IDF was defeated by a group of lightly armed fighters and the entire southern front collapsed.
“Everything that was supposed to work did not work: neither the warning system, nor the communication system, nor the barriers costing billions of dollars – they turned out to be absolutely useless, they did not stop a single jeep, I’m not talking about anything otherwise,” the political scientist was indignant.
He pointed out that there were 85 turning points in the 64-kilometer area and that no one could stop Hamas. As a result, according to him, all settlements at a depth of 4-5 kilometers were captured.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were launched into Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Against this background, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir entry state of emergency in the country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war. The IDF’s operation against Hamas was called “Iron Swords”.
Previously reportedBritain will send ships and helicopters to support Israel.