>>514112321
>Following the shortage of fighters: the IDF lowers the professional standard in training armored fighters in reserve on new tanks, and shortens the duration of training by 50%
This is because they need to use the tanks as bulldozers to dig mass graves in the coming extermination campaign, and pulldown/knock down the remaining buildings.

>>514112164
>>514112270
They're using Merkava 3s because they just need the bulldozing power. The tanks will be used as moving equipment. Operationally as APCs for the mass grave dig teams. They don't need to train gunners or any such thing for the work the IDF will now be doing in the Gaza strip.

Bulldozers will look too suspicious satellite an people could ask questions. Tanks rolling around digging up graves like they've been doing at graveyards already are much easier to lie about. >>514114076