>>507201398It is a reflection of their military history.
Don't forget that less than 100 years ago the Zionists living in the Levant were operating as a network of terrorist cells. Once Israel became a State, many of these terrorists became leadership within the IDF.
This is the circumstance within which their philosophy to warfare and military doctrine was established and the starting point from which it has been developed ever since.
The degree to which they were outnumbered in their ensuing wars only reinforced this philosophy.
That is why so much of their strategy is crafted around unexpected and unconventional suprises attacks, and also why they are so ruthless in their willingness to inflict civilian collateral damage and even intentionally target civilian infrastructure.
It is a very different approach to warfare compared to Western nations whose military doctrine was developed under very different circumstances. Israel is just unique in that they appear to the untrained eye as just another Western military, and have access to military funds and technology that is almost exclusive to Western nations. But their approach to warfare is very different to the West.