>>507961356
>Yeah, Israel's problem is that it's small and dense, while Iran has a few dense areas, but also vast swathes of empty mountains to hide things in. Those Jews are very submissive and bombable, so to speak.
Very true.
And perhaps you remember the Oct 7 attacks on the festival?
It just so happens that the music festival was happening in a Kibbutz on occupied lands.
As in, Israel sends "semi civilian" armed settlers with IDF support on speed dial who start a small militarized community.
Complete with barracks, shooting ranges etc.
These Kibbutzes are also FOBs for IDF who send military families to live there.
But because the wife and kids of a soldier are not necessarily soldiers, and because there are other jobs that need to be done in a community as well, not to mention that the "settlers" are not technically soldiers.
Despite being armed, trained and supported by the military.
So they have normal jobs in the community.

So in the end you have a force of say 20-40% of semi civilian occupation force, then another 20% are soldiers + 20% spouses.
Essentially, they use their own kids and wives as human shields.

On the tactical side you are ofc also correct.
Israel has the blessing and curse of being a small target.
It's easy to defend with SAMs, but if anything gets through it will likely hit something important.
Iran by contrast faces the same problems as Ukraine (and Russia), it is impossible to defend the entire airspace or even the entire border.