Comment by cogman10

Incompetence can't be ruled out.

I've listened to podcasts discussing the Israel military. One thing that people need to realize is that the IDF and it's leaders are skewed incredibly young. The mandatory service paired with the fact that people often don't stay in service means that they have 30 year old colonels and 35 year old generals.

They don't have the sort of career and institution knowledge like the US military has.