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in the lebanese ground war that began this month, although the israeli army was only conducting a tentative attack, it suffered dozens of casualties on the first day; among them, the elite 89th assault brigade egoz special forces were killed in one battle. more than 30 people were killed and injured, and almost all members of the forward team were lost in battle.

this kind of ground combat performance is really difficult to hold back.

indeed, after severely damaging the leadership of hezbollah in lebanon, destroying part of its arsenal, and also attacking its communication system, it is almost the best time for the israeli military to carry out its "northern expedition."

but the "northern expedition" requires ground warfare. the israeli air force bombs indiscriminately and mossad attacks hard, but pilots and agents can never replace ground forces in advancement.

resultisraelthe army had just begun to move north, and it was already in trouble, and the place where it suffered was not deep at all, but in the lebanese villages close to the border.

information disclosed by the israeli media stated that hezbollah armed forces not only dared to fight face to face, but also tried to capture prisoners in close combat, giving the israeli army a great impact.

in fact, this is also a very real problem, because israel is accustomed to using "decapitation" combat methods. the leaders of hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza were assassinated one after another as early as the 1990s and 2000s; if the leaders were killed, the organization would if it collapsed, israel would have won long ago.

however, in order to compete with israel in the long term, these organizations are also evolving; they have carried out "decentralized" organizational arrangements, so that grassroots combat units have considerable independent combat capabilities; as long as the entire organization has not been disintegrated, then the grassroots combat effectiveness can be exerted come out.

this kind of targeted strategy is of course forced to "evolve". after all, it would be best if the leadership can exist, but the objective environment of confronting israel determines that it will definitely not work without prior arrangements.

the israeli army's current bombing has done little damage to hezbollah's grassroots combat capabilities in lebanon, and it is inevitable that the ground attack in the nanli mountains where it has been operating for a long time will suffer.

therefore, when a sudden wave of "approved dead" lists were announced, everyone was still a little uncomfortable. could it be that the israeli army is no longer covering up casualties? after all, everyone understands israel’s characteristic “approval of casualties” system.

if it was an era of relatively limited information a few decades ago, and israel intervened and controlled public opinion, and everyone could not see a lot of battlefield information, they would definitely still think that the israeli army had won a quick victory.

but it’s 2024 now, and there are so many information channels. as long as you maintain normal thinking skills, it’s not difficult to find something fishy.

gazain the late stage of the ground war, the israeli army simply stopped pretending, so i would not approve the death in action. what can you do? the israeli army even didn't even bother to report the number of enemy annihilations. after all, according to the "results" of annihilating enemies, hamas has been wiped out. the battle is not over yet, so it is difficult to explain.

anyway, the war continues to be fought, people continue to be killed, and buildings continue to be demolished. it doesn’t matter if the world’s public opinion cannot be controlled now. after all, no one can do anything to israel. the secretary-general of the united nations has been called "persona non grata" by israel. who else in the world can be so arrogant?

returning to the question of why the israeli army did not control the approval of casualties during the ground war in lebanon, in fact they have tried their best to control it.

why do you say that? let’s analyze it using the information it publishes.

regarding the battle on october 2, the israel defense forces initially only "approved" the death of one person, and this one person happened to be the commando team commander of the egoz special forces - eitan yitzhak oster captain (posthumously).

officer status can be "approved for death in action", which is no problem. originally, in the ground war in gaza, it was basically ok for officers to die in action.

but the fighting on the 2nd was really intense. a large number of israeli rescue helicopters came to and from the front lines and hospitals. this cannot be controlled by military bans.

as a result, 7 people were subsequently approved and killed in action, namely:

captain harel ettinger (posthumously), sergeant major 3rd class or mansour, noam barzilai, and nazar itkin (posthumously) of the egoz special forces;

combat engineer regiment captain itay ariel jat (posthumously);

alamkan tarfa and ido brewer, staff sergeants of the 1st golani infantry brigade reconnaissance battalion.

we briefly mentioned the information about these 1+7 deaths in the previous article, and did not introduce the specific affiliation of each person in detail.

however, in the battle on october 2, the israeli army obviously suffered much greater casualties, and it "approved" a ninth casualty shortly afterwards.

the identity of this guy is also very interesting - captain ben zion ferrach (posthumously), 202nd battalion, 35th parachute brigade.

so far, the israel defense forces has "approved" a total of 9 people killed since the ground war in lebanon, including 4 captains.

although the captain rank of these four people was awarded posthumously, we will calculate it based on their lifetime rank of lieutenant. lieutenants in the israeli army usually serve as deputy company commander/platoon leader.

it takes a total of 9 people to form a squad, but less than half of them are deputy company commanders/platoon commanders. wouldn’t it be awkward if this information could be reported?

after all, even the egoz special forces are not all officers. the two posthumous captains who died in the unit are also captains. don't fool people with "taking the lead". after all, judging from the current combat situation judging from the reflection, the israeli army did not even have a chance to "take the lead" and was fooled.

therefore, the israeli army still has a lot of reservations about the battle casualties on october 2; but now it is the 5th, what about the battle losses on the 3rd and 4th? the israel defense forces did not report any casualties. do you believe it had zero casualties?

of course, the battle report of the "big victory" is a must. the israeli army claimed that it had killed 250 hezbollah officers and soldiers since the ground war, and the death ratio was almost 1:30. since they have achieved such an "overwhelming" victory, military officials have said that the national defense forces intend to end the operation as soon as possible, even within a few weeks. is this a good reason?