How 'Israel's' failure is a wake-up call for NATO: Foreign Policy
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According to Foreign Policy contributors, an Israeli general bragged about the occupation's "state-of-the-art-defenses" to a NATO military officer merely a week before Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
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Palestinian Resistance fighters crossing over from Gaza to Envelope settlements in Gaza on October 7, 2023 (AFP)
According to Foreign Policy contributors, an Israeli general bragged about the occupation's "state-of-the-art defenses" to a NATO military officer merely a week before Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was initiated.
Israeli troops prided themselves in the drones, cameras, and artificial intelligence to Rob Bauer, the Dutch chairman of the NATO military committee, along the 32-mile border blocking Gaza.
According to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli government failed to intercept or halt Operation Al-Aqsa flood initiated by the Palestinian Resistance last Saturday.
Read more: Israeli advisor admits intelligence failure in operation Al-Aqsa Flood
More than 1,400 Israelis have died, with 3,500 others wounded, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press office said yesterday.
Bauer looked astounded by how Hamas had evaded "Israel's" monolithic monitoring apparatus by using paragliders, as well as setting up rocket launchers.
Smotrich admitted that the operation was the most "horrifying" event in "Israel".
In a Thursday interview, Bauer questioned: “What does it mean if you trust automation or trust capabilities, autonomous systems or AI, or the combination of it all in such a way, and still everybody was surprised?”
According to one Nordic military official, the event "shifted the focus" during an alliance meeting in Brussels aimed at arming Ukraine further.
Some members of the alliance were concerned about relying too much on artificial intelligence.
A senior NATO official questioned: “How do we team up the humans and the software to create an augmented effect while not losing control of the situation?”
NATO is going all-in on modern technologies, enlisting the help of start-ups and the private sector to improve its capabilities in areas like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, sensing, and surveillance. However, as the surprise operation on "Israel" demonstrated, low-tech solutions may outwit even high-tech military.
Hamas employs unconventional measures, according to the Foreign Policy.
“A lot of technology they’re using is not new or groundbreaking," the NATO official remarked.
Bauer expressed that war-fighting organizations will need to study their failures because if they fail, "there's a lot of people killed."
Likud member holds Israeli government accountable for difficult events
A Knesset member of the Israeli occupation's Likud party, Danny Danon, said, "Israel is going through an important and difficult event," holding the Israeli command and army responsible for the failure of October 7.
During an interview for Israeli media, Danon explained that word around the leadership bearing responsibility for what is going on means that it is "the responsibility of the Prime Minister, the ministers, the Chief of Staff, everyone who has been intervening in recent years in making decisions on the security issue," citing the failure of this leadership has been due to misunderstandings and indifference.
