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(benny hill music playing)

The first tank was hit by a missile,

The second tank, a Merkava IV, ran over a powerful remote-controlled mine and rolled over from the blast.

An armor-plated D-9 bulldozer that attempted to rescue the casualties was forced to retreat after being hit by a missile.

An Apache Longbow attack helicopter flying support mission for ground forces at Bint Jbeil crashed

The third company walked into a well-prepared ambush

the fighting changed drastically from an offensive military operation to a rescue mission.

After evacuating their dead and wounded, the Israelis withdrew from its positions in Aynata, claiming to have "completed operations".

I think it's very important for people to understand the value and significance of well trained properly supplied troops compared to like, average. The really serious soldiers that are actually good at soldiering compared to regular average gang.

This video, while chuddy, is a very interesting insight into the impact of such units. https://youtu.be/OyWmpoLrkBI

Several times in this video the iraqis are essentially driven back by what I would speculate is supply loss. For example the truck that arrives on top of the damn and engages US special forces for 1 hour before retreating likely ran out of ammunition, and faced with the lack of ability to fight then withdraws. Additionally assaulting a defensive position without mortars and/or artillery is basically impossible against well trained forces, especially over any remotely open ground, you are simply throwing bodies at them to get mowed down.

The IDF are very poorly trained conscripts, with a few units that are excellent proper units but not very many. Most of the IDF do not want to be there, they are not fighters, they are mandatory service members. Contrast this with the Hezbollah fighters and the Special Forces they had with them, they are people who signed up for this, they are willing to die for what they believe in, and they are very well trained.

Why are they both listed as belligerents?

Egh, a bit disappointing for me, judging first by the title, but anything that slows the Israeli advance and almost gets a 1:1 kill ratio is good...

It's a war of survival I suppose...

modern historians will mark this battle as the beginning of the downfall of the apartheid and the whole satanic American Empire

The current war in Gaza had 90k soldiers deployed