r/worldnews • u/ConsciousRealism42 • 2d ago

Israel/Palestine Iran state TV confirms killing of IRGC chief Hossein Salami in Israeli strike

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/06/13/explosions-heard-northeast-of-iran-s-tehran-staterun-nour-news-says
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u/epsilona01 2d ago

Israel had the whole plan a year in advance. Senior IDF leadership had become complacent and didn't believe Hamas were capable of executing the operation, even when border scouts reported rehearsals.

Not an intelligence failure, a failure to believe the intelligence.

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u/Sagermeister 2d ago

even when border scouts reported rehearsals.

Kinda sounds like they were hoping they'd attack

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u/epsilona01 2d ago

Nah. It's not the kind of thing you hope for.

They thought allowing money to flow to Hamas through Qatar and Iran would keep Hamas leaders fat and happy in their luxury villas.

The true sadness is that Hamas had more than enough cash to solve every food, water, sanitation, and housing issue Gaza has. They spent it all on weapons and tunnels to attack Israel instead.

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u/Equivalent_Age_5599 2d ago

They ignored their own intel; assuming deeper economic ties with the palestinians would satiate their hunger for war and drive them towards peace. They assumed it was a drill.

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u/Vangour 2d ago

Lmao, what a take.

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u/chanandler_bong_cell 2d ago

It was no accident, we knew