zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoCondemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israelexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up135
arrow-up135external-linkCondemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israelzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarezephyreks@lemmy.mlhexagonMhexbear14·1 year 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. linkfedilink
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear6·1 year agoAre they actually that incompetent, or was it known and allowed to happen anyway? link
minus-squareRam_The_Manparts [he/him]hexbear7·edit-21 year agoImpossible to know at this point, but it's not like intelligence services are incapable of fuckups link
minus-squareSaeculum [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear2·1 year agoTrue, but the timing seems very convenient for the current Israeli administration. link
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.