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Israel faces strategic crisis after October 7 security doctrine collapse
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Shehab Wire reports that October 7 marked not a passing security incident but a watershed moment exposing Israel's long-held military doctrine as illusory. The attack revealed fundamental vulnerabilities in what Israeli leadership had considered an unshakeable security strategy, fundamentally challenging assumptions that had guided the country's defense posture.
Three years of Israeli military operations across multiple fronts followed, with analysts divided over whether the country's response represents a new security doctrine or a reactive scramble to address strategic shock. The incident prompted reassessment of Israel's core security assumptions and military capabilities.
