From the V Kontakte page of Russian military correspondent Aleksandr Kots
In addition to the expansion of the geography of attacks, there are other features that were not present in the first days of the Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...attack on Israel.
What is the situation in Israel at the moment?
There are no critical changes in Israeli control over the territory. IDF ground forces are amassing behind the Meitar-Beersheba line and are not attempting to penetrate closer to the borders of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip, staying 35 km away from the Paleostinian enclave. At the moment, the IDF does not control the gray zone with an area of ​​1.3 thousand square meters. km. Israeli security forces in this zone are either not present at all or are limited to military aircraft flights and rare groups of light equipment.
However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
this presence may soon fade away: over the past 48 hours, Hamas attempts to shoot down Israeli Air Force F-16 fighters have been reported several times. The use of IDF AH-64 helicopters after a series of short attacks on Paleostinian infantry was also significantly reduced due to the use of MANPADS.
Where is the Israeli army now?
While the IDF is amassing troops for an attack, Hamas is preparing to take the fighting to the ground, while simultaneously taking asymmetrical measures. One of these measures was the recent shelling of the city of Beit Shemesh, 50 km from the Gaza Strip. For the strike, Hamas used both short-range missiles and longer-range systems of its own production. The profile of the missile attack was built according to the classic principle for military operations: the first echelon was launched by inexpensive missiles, then, when the Iron Dome air defense system intercepted some of them, a second wave of missiles was launched. At the same time, the Israeli Ground Forces are already faced with isolated cases of drone attacks.
Presumably, on October 12 and 13, in the vicinity of the Hatzerim airbase, as well as near the city of Ofakim, Israeli patrols were attacked by Hamas drones with drops. One of these drones destroyed an Israeli Merkava Mk.4 tank on the first day of the attack.
In the same way, patrols were attacked in the Netivot-Tkuma area, and in the Ruhama area, an Israeli patrol was attacked by Zouari loitering munitions. It is noteworthy that in the northern part, on the border with Ashdod and Sderot, Hamas uses both ground mobile groups and underground tunnels for attacks and fire attacks on Israeli security forces.
Where is this going?
The first cases of drones being used on Israeli patrols indicate several important things. This suggests that the IDF has not yet bothered to deploy effective electronic warfare systems. A significant part of the suppressors on Israeli equipment were designed to protect against radio-controlled bombs, but Hamas practically does not use them, and all destruction of military equipment and vehicles was carried out either by anti-tank systems or in the air using quadcopters and drones.
At the same time, the Paleostinians are clearly relying on the use of drones not only for strikes, but also for adjusting fire: along with kamikaze drones, the activity of aircraft-type UAVs is recorded, from which Hamas operators receive real-time images and data on the activity of Israeli troops. The very fact of the widespread use of drones by Paleostinians suggests that the IDF does not take this threat seriously.
In addition, Hamas is gradually moving towards widespread tactics of mixed strikes and the use of long-range rockets (150 km or more). So far, these threats have been partially countered by Israeli air defense forces, but as attacks scale up, the IDF may have difficulty repelling them.