"The IDF is properly considered one of the best armies in the world: innovative, creative, and skilled. It is so because it can draw upon all of its country's most talented and capable citizens, which is the great benefit of a legitimate system of universal conscription and prolonged reserve service."
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The October 2023 Gaza–Israel conflict had begun two days earlier following a major security failure in which Hamas was able to massacre hundreds of Israelis.
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