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Officials said that the October 7 attack has shaken the Israeli militarys aura of power, New York Times reported...
The Israeli military's aura of power was shaken by the unprecedented attack launched by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, US officials told the New York Times...
Officials in the Biden administration, who spoke on condition of anonymity to the NYT, said Tel Aviv's forceful response to the Hamas attack reflects the importance that it places on re-establishing deterrence against attacks from adversaries in the region..
They noted, Israeli militarys aura of power was shaken by the coordinated assault launched by Hamas militants that left 1,400 dead and around 240 people taken back as hostages to Gaza...
The officials reportedly told Israel that their army could reduce civilian casualties "if they improved how they targeted Hamas leaders, gathered more intelligence on Hamas command and control networks before launching strikes, used smaller bombs to collapse the tunnel network and employed their ground forces to separate the civilian population" from the militant hubs...
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