The IDF chief of staff said the Yom Kippur War and the October 7 attack shared two painful failures. He said the lesson is that the IDF must always be prepared for a surprise war.
01 · THE DISPATCH
The IDF chief of staff linked failures in the Yom Kippur War and the October 7 attack, describing them as painful failures with a common thread. He said the possibility of a surprise scenario should concern everyone and that the IDF must always be prepared for a surprise war.
In a separate earlier report published at 14:03 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported the chief’s remarks that the two wars shared a common thread of failure and that the IDF must remain prepared for surprise war.
02 · How it developed
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03 · Source and signal
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