(“GAZA SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR JEWS”, **NOT** A JOKE, FURTHER BELOW.) As I wrote on October 8th, bulk of Israeli ground force is not combat-capable, is lucky to be facing only Hamas for now, not Hezbollah.  If you hadn’t already seen the Hamas drone video still from two days ago, of 15+ Israeli soldiers chilling in a shallow sandpit, today we have Hamas video of a fragmentation grenade air-dropped on group of 25+ soldiers all chilling idle, out in the open, bunched up within a ~4.5 meter radius; it appears that at least 3 were killed or crippled, probably more wounded less severely.  VERY lucky that the grenade only hit the edge of the group.  Also, last night overnight (Tues-Weds), we got news of an ASTOUNDING 13 Israeli casualties (9 dead, 4 wounded) in **ONE** armored vehicle (from the first-echelon Givati brigade) hit by an antitank missile or possibly a tandem-blast RPG.  Per the Ukraine war, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 MONTHS:  In an environment saturated with precision standoff tools to destroy your vehicles, the absolute MAXIMUM acceptable bodies in or on one vehicle (including driver) is 8, but ideally and more commonly 4-6.  13 is a total AMATEUR CLUSTERF*CK.  It doesn’t matter what they’re doing, how bad the need to get on that vehicle, because it’s a deathtrap, it’s better they stayed put.  In short… Disperse or die en masse.  COMPLACENCY KILLS, just as it killed 1000+ southern Israel civilians who lived on the edge of a tiger pit, but didn’t believe in gun ownership because, hey, “We have an army.”  I still CANNOT FATHOM THE SASS, PRIDE, CLUELESS ARROGANCE of a military that willfully refuses to learn ANYTHING from the one truly major, modern war of the last 40 years.  (I CAN ONLY ASSUME THEY THINK RUSS/UKR ARE DUMB N*****S, WHILE THEY ARE THE MASTER RACE.) As I wrote on **OCTOBER 8TH**, this may work for Gaza but it will NOT work against Hezbollah.  ISRAELIS TOOK ALMOST 3 WEEKS TO PREPARE FOR THEIR “BIG GROUND OP”… WHAT THE FOCK WAS THEIR INFANTRY DOING WITH THAT TIME??? 

In mid-October, I reached out to a few, relatively well-placed people in Israel or affiliated with Israel, who could have translated this (below) and plugged it widely… but there was no interest. Everyone still “trusts the army”, or thinks the Hamas are monkeys, or both.

Life-saving lessons from the Ukraine war

(Written on October 13-14th)

We do not know if Gaza will still stand, when the army enters it.

Also, the Ukraine war has given us no instructions about tunnels.

Aside from that:

·         If you can see the sky, you can be seen from the sky.  You will NOT see or hear a small commercial quadcopter drone, 20 meters above your head.  These drones can drop grenades; larger quadcopters can drop multiple mortar shells.  Therefore, do not loiter in bunches, do not advance in compact rows.  Do not cluster together.  One long side of an armored vehicle is no “cover” from an aerial threat—it is a potential massacre.  Spread out, so that only one of you is killed, not the entire squad. 

·         Antitank missiles will be used against infantry squads.  Despite the directed nature of the explosive charge, there is a HUGE volume of evidence from the Ukraine, that an antitank missile exploding on the ground, not contained by a “proper” target, can produce enough area blast power to kill or disable everyone within a 12-plus meter blast diameter.  Again, spread out, so that only one of you is killed, not the entire squad. 

·         Antitank missiles will be launched into windows.  Rocket-propelled grenades will be launched into windows.  Kamikaze drones will be launched into windows.  Do not sleep, rest, eat, meet, or store munitions in external rooms.  For these purposes, use internal rooms.  External rooms are observation positions and firing positions ONLY.  Station no more than two men per external room. 

·         The enemy’s dead—even civilians—may be booby-trapped.  Their rifles and backpacks may be booby-trapped.  Do not take trophies.  Touch nothing.  Even YOUR dead may be booby-trapped.  Do not hurry to clear the dead.  Wait for a sapper, or, attach a long cable or rope or parachute cord to one or both of the corpse’s ankles, and pull the corpse at least 10 meters, to trigger any potential explosive device. 

·         Initial (frontline) evacuation of non-walking wounded is “labor intensive” and involves very close clustering of personnel.  Therefore, evacuation teams are a prime target, the best target.  If you can wait until night, then you must wait until night.  Most enemy personnel and drones do not have night-vision capability. 

·         ANY AND EVERY stationary tank or other vehicle not active on “the front”, on open ground but within range of enemy mortars or antitank missiles, must be inside a caponier (an excavated dug-out) or protected by an excavated berm / embankment. Failing that, at least find an alley or other narrow space between structures. Even better, drive into a shed or garage. You cannot just leave your vehicles parked in the open, as if at a picnic.

·         In the city, armored vehicles support infantry, NOT vice versa.  Any infantry advance must be covered by “generous” suppressive fire from autocannons or heavy machineguns against known, suspected, or potential enemy positions, typically on the top floors or roofs (if any remain.)  The enemy wants to live, and, although nothing is guaranteed, in response to your fire, he will usually keep his head down.

·         Where it can be used, direct fire from tanks is far more accurate and effective than artillery.  However, tanks MUST be constantly in motion.  The enemy needs time to identify and target a tank, and antitank missile launchers cannot be relocated quickly.  For tank fire against suspected enemy positions, use the “CAROUSEL” METHOD:  One tank appears, fires for one or two minutes, and withdraws—initially in reverse gear, no time for turning—as another tank appears in another location, and so on.  Do not grant unto the enemy a stable target. 

·         You must assume that the enemy hears and understands everything that you say on a cell phone or unencrypted radio. Cell phone communication is DEATH.

·         For the colonels and generals:  “Commando” soldiers are for lightning operations.  Their training has ZERO relevance to continuous, intensive combat.  Do not misspend your commandos.  The enemy will kill them much, much faster than your government can train them.  You will not conquer Gaza with commandos. 

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