The pager attack on Hezbollah was clever but came too late against the wrong target. The same is true of the assassinations of Iranian generals and nuclear scientists. Since the most recent war began, the IDF has wasted all kinds of resources on ridiculous stunts.
Their information campaign has not been working very well either. MEMRI has amusing content but has done little to sway global opinion in Israel's favor.
Israel does not need a better Iron Dome, more F-35s, or more Mission Impossible type secret operations. None of those things and many other impressive and expensive gambits would have stopped the October 7th attacks. It could have been stopped if enough reservists had been called up to man the guard towers surrounding the Gaza Strip. Soldiers are the best sensors. They have eyes, ears, brains, and a strong incentive to pay attention.
The attack has been called an intelligence failure, but it would be more accurate to call it a commonsense failure.
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