Since May, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has launched its second large-scale offensive against the Gaza Strip.
So far, the Israeli army has used the number of 17 brigades to participate in the attack, of which 9 of the 11 main brigades on active duty have participated in the battle; 6 more brigades were mobilized in the reserve brigades; There are also 2 territorial brigades.
In fact, the Israeli army did not plan to use such a large number of troops in this operation, especially because it did not want to mobilize reserve forces as much as possible.
Because Israel's national defense strategy is based on a "quick victory", it can indeed mobilize 500,000 troops in a very short period of time, but the problem is that Israel's more than 2 million Arabs and more than 1 million Haredi provide only a very small part of the troops, and these 500,000 troops need to be drawn from the remaining 6 million.
Among the 6 million people, after deducting the old, weak, sick and disabled, another 500,000 young and middle-aged people will be selected to serve in the war.
The war in Gaza has been going on for more than half a year, and the long conscription of reservists has made this group miserable and put great pressure on the normal functioning of society.
In addition, the Israeli army assesses that Hamas in the Gaza Strip has only six formed battalions left, so when the war starts in May, the Israeli army should have no problem planning to use the main force on active duty to participate in the war.
The 98th Parachute Division fought in Jabaliya in northern Gaza with three brigade combat teams, and according to the Israeli army's war report, not a single Hamas battalion existed, but the 98th Division claimed that it had encountered the fiercest fighting situation since the start of the war, and slipped away within a few days.
In the direction of Rafah, where the Israeli army is the main attack, the Israeli army has been attacking for more than a month, and it has only occupied a narrow strip of the Philadelphia corridor.
Because the 3 brigades of the 162nd Armored Division were insufficient, the Israeli army added 2 active brigades and 1 reserve brigade to participate in the war, and a territorial brigade was deployed on the periphery.
The battle became more difficult, and Israel had to redeploy additional reserve brigades, drawing a total of six brigades to participate in the war.
Most of these six brigades are troops of Allah on the northern front, but the other reserve brigades participating in the Gaza operation are really difficult to recruit, and Israel can only bite the bullet.
And in ground warfare, a large number of infantry is needed to the front line.
At present, the Israeli army's standing officers and backbone units have suffered serious losses, and no less than 1,000 officers at the rank of colonel have suffered casualties, which has caused great damage to the combat strength of the Israeli army's active units.
Against this backdrop, Israel had to send the recruits recruited last year to fight in Gaza, who had been in the army for less than a year and had learned little during the training because the backbone was not in the battalion.
After being transferred to the Gaza battlefield, he was very unsuitable for the battlefield environment, so he was beaten by the Hamas forces in many famous scenes.
For example, a recruit of the 933rd Infantry Battalion of the 933rd Infantry Brigade of the Israeli Army recently fell under the guns of Hamas snipers.
The sniper battle was also recorded by cameras on the Hamas side.
Footage of the battlefield shows an Israeli soldier walking outside the building without a helmet and talking on the phone.
Although the sniper rifles used by Hamas are generally anti-materiel 12.7mm snipers, and it doesn't make much sense to wear a helmet or not, this is after all, in a war zone environment, the proper equipment is not properly worn, and the battlefield discipline is too poor.
And it's okay to be idle, what kind of phone call do you make when you come out? Is there no signal in a safe location?
It's not like you're in college and falling in love, and no one cares about you hanging around on the balcony of the dormitory, this is a war zone!
As a result, he became the "prey" of Hamas snipers, and when he was shot, he passed through the body directly, and the bullet hit the wall and raised dust, and a life was lost.
However, the Israeli soldier was lucky, because after he was killed, he quickly became the number and entered the Israeli army's "approved death" list.
It was not easy to get into this list, and the battle on the northern front lasted more than half a year before 15 numbers were shaken; Originally, officers were also given priority on the southern front, but many of the Israeli troops who entered this wave were compulsory recruits, so it was possible to make up some lucky ones.
According to the information released by the Israeli army, the fallen soldier was only 19 years old and was posthumously awarded the rank of sergeant from corporal after his death.
To put it bluntly, this kid is a recruit who only joined the army last year, and he was pulled to the battlefield in Gaza this year; Because of his extreme lack of battlefield discipline and battlefield common sense, he died under Hamas's sniper rifles.
Israeli soldiers like this are not the only ones, some time ago, there were officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion training company who went upstairs without careful cleaning, and as a result, a large number of combat examples were wiped out in one pot.
With such infantry tactical qualities, it is no wonder that Israel claims that the fierce phase of the southern Rafah battle is coming to an end, otherwise this recruit is really not useful!