Reply #5: actually if you read israeli papers you would...(hebrew) [View All]

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the diversity of opinions in israel is quite wide with voices all across the spectrum....the advantages of an educated well-read society.

the general concensus however is as such:

from the military point of view hizballa was defeated in every battle. They used tactics such as sending out one to draw fire and get killed, which would then expose the israeli positions and other such sucide missions.

Tank losses were aprox 10 out of 400. Many tanks receiving multiple hits and surviving. The reserves were underequipped and undertrained...too much time in the territories and not training....so too for the infantry units.

equipment shortages go back years.

intellegence put hizballa on the back burner, with the lack of knowlege of the smaller katusha posistions being a problem

The IDF command and political level made a mess out of the war and ignored professional and past training lessons.

hizballa was better equiped than believed with sophisticated command and control, dug deep in the hills with entrances and shooting positions next to UN posistions (the UN never reported these violations...probably because they wanted to live)

the IAF had precise hits on all its targets and was well trained in avoiding SAMs.
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