zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoCondemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israelwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down111cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.mlOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down3·2 years agoReports indicate that Israel is launching air strikes on Gaza towers, Hamas has destroyed multiple Merkava tanks with drones, and that there are 70 confirmed Israeli and 198 confirmed Palestinian casualties. There are big questions about how Israeli intelligence was caught so off guard by this attack.
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoAre they actually that incompetent, or was it known and allowed to happen anyway?
minus-squareRam_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 years agoImpossible to know at this point, but it’s not like intelligence services are incapable of fuckups
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoTrue, but the timing seems very convenient for the current Israeli administration.
Reports indicate that Israel is launching air strikes on Gaza towers, Hamas has destroyed multiple Merkava tanks with drones, and that there are 70 confirmed Israeli and 198 confirmed Palestinian casualties.
There are big questions about how Israeli intelligence was caught so off guard by this attack.
Are they actually that incompetent, or was it known and allowed to happen anyway?
Impossible to know at this point, but it’s not like intelligence services are incapable of fuckups
True, but the timing seems very convenient for the current Israeli administration.