The idf’s second failure is the way in which the army has prosecuted this war, specifically the high levels of destruction and civilian deaths. This is down to two main factors: first, operational directives that allow strikes even when the likelihood of killing civilians is significant; and second, a lack of discipline within the idf in adhering even to those rules. The idf has used drone strikes, or “targeted killings”, to assassinate militants for two decades. But in the past these were authorised by senior officers high up the command chain. By contrast, at some points during this war there were over 20 different headquarters with officers of varying experience calling in attacks. Do you think that Israel is losing the war ?

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