I have followed insurgencies and bush warfare for a while now. What amazes me the most is the tactics evolve in days across the whole idf on different fronts.After Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, today Israel took out Yahya Sinwar right in his hiding place.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/worl...er-killed-final-moments-idf-drone-lead-digvid
Earlier, Israel also eliminated Nassarallah of Hizbollah, now leaving both Hamas and Hizbollah red faced, broken and on the back foot. Hamas had already gone more or less silent the last few months after taking relentless beating from Israel and now with its recently anointed replacement leader gone as well, it must be wishing it had not carried out that surprise attack back in October last year.
With these high profile killings coupled with ruthless pursuit of other top to mid-tier leadership of these militant factions and non-stop bombardment of their hide-outs, Israel has practically re-written the military playbooks on how to deal with insurgency and militancy. Israeli tactics and strategies will be studied thoroughly in military academies around the globe for the next few decades.
And while Israel still has to settle the accounts with Iran, when the dust finally settles in coming days, the region will be completely dominated by Israel in absolute terms as it will ensure Hamas & Hizb as military wings will never be able to get back to their feet. All thanks to Hamas that really thought that one stupid suicidal attack will bring Israel to its knees and that they will be able to draw major concessions from Israel after forcing it to negotiations table.
You dont see them falling for the same trap the second time. They really give a damn when it comes to their manpower.
One reason for this is really young men aged in 20s are given command of their unit and the higher ups are open to the idea of rapid change.
@Joe Shearer @Nilgiri





