The retired Israeli Major General Itzhak Brik directly addressed the ongoing war on Gaza, now entering its twentieth month, Day 614 dismissing official Israeli claims of progress
Referring to the latest military campaign dubbed "Operation Gideon’s Chariots" Brik wrote,
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“Just as the political and military echelons lied to the public throughout the war, declaring back and forth that it was a matter of days until Hamas would surrender… The same lies of the political and military echelons continue even now”
Brik added: “Not a day goes by without our forces being killed or wounded… We will understand what a terrible tragedy this group and their friends, who have gone off the rails and are acting with shocking irresponsibility and are below all criticism, are bringing the people of Israel to”
Perhaps the most devastating part of Brik’s critique came in his stark admission of defeat:
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“An army that held its own as the strongest in the Middle East was defeated by Hamas, a powerful blow to Israel’s deterrence against its enemies and this will encourage our enemies around our borders to prepare themselves for war against us”
Brik argues that Israel’s strategic choices — particularly its overreliance on air power and neglect of ground forces and missile technology — have left the military unprepared for modern warfare
Brik pointed to Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russian air bases as a paradigm shift in global military doctrine while Israel continues to invest billions in outdated technologies
Impossible to win Modern wars with Air power alone
“Even after all the lessons were learned during the ‘Iron Swords’ war, which proved that it is impossible to win wars with planes alone, we still continue to invest forty billion dollars in purchasing planes” Brik wrote, warning that “manned aircraft are losing their place to swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles”
