Analysis: Israel is now perceived as a country with perhaps mythical powers, and the ensuing uncertainty and speculation as to what else might be in store for its enemies is a decisive strategic force multiplier
Israel’s 2024 population comprised 0.12% of the world’s population. Its territory amounts to 88% of Maryland’s. And yet on September 17 and 18, this tiny nation most likely caused armies the world over to rethink their military doctrines. This was a full-blown remote-controlled offensive deep inside enemy territory that inflicted mass casualties but without risking a single soldier in face-to-face combat and with traditional military capabilities absent from the battlefield.
In a complex, multistage attack, Israel caused thousands of Hezbollah pagers and handheld radios, the latter popularly known as walkie-talkies, to explode on command across Lebanon and reportedly also among personnel of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stationed in Syria.
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