Posted on 10/18/2023 8:43:21 PM PDT by FarCenter
TOKYO -- An analysis of satellite images has revealed that around 400 vehicles have gathered within Israel that touches northern Gaza, which is Palestinian territory. This points to the possibility that Israel is rushing to deploy forces within 10 kilometers of the border in preparation for a ground invasion.
Nikkei analyzed images taken on Sunday by Planet Labs, a U.S.-based satellite operator. Around six km from the northern Gaza border there appears to be a large number of vehicles deployed.
"Around 200 vehicles thought to be Israeli are gathered. The possibility that the Israeli military is preparing for a ground invasion is high," said Hidenori Watanabe, professor of information studies at the University of Tokyo.
Photos of the armored vehicles taken from the ground have also circulated. Based on the railroad tracks, buildings and trees seen in the photos, the location has been revealed to be around 1.5 km north of where the vehicles were identified.
When examining the image taken by Planet Labs of the same location, over 200 vehicle-like objects were seen, all of which are believed to be Israeli armored vehicles and others. This would mean that over 400 vehicles are deployed in the area.
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Get the Popcorn out...
Soon....
From the border to the sea
let the Hamas cease to be.
Perhaps Special Forces are gathering enough Intel to make the next phase even more effective. Destroy Hamas.
Well, so much for OpSec....
‘Hill 24 does not Answer’
So much for the surprise party.
Would be helpfully.
Doesn’t anyone believe in OPSEC anymore?
No, but you can go pay Planet Labs for a copy: https://www.planet.com/
Remember, civilians have satellite recon these days too.
Strategic OPSEC of any major unit movement is pretty much impossible in a world where civilians have their own reconsats up. There are *many* competing services that are privately owned providing overheads these days.
Let’s pray for Israel’s success in this war.
They are fighting for their right to live, and for the West’s security. Israel is depleting the terrorists, and hopefully they’ll eliminate Hamas.
That way the whole Iran-Russia-North Korea-Cuba-China-Venezuela Alliance will get weakened.
That ability can be used to a military’s advantage: they do not actually have to have 400 vehicles there, do they?
This.
The idea that a military’s mobilization isn’t watched in real-time by everyone except maybe Botswana, just isn’t reality. It’s been like this more or less for many decades.
How long will their fuel and ammunition last? They will need a lot of both.
Armored vehicles are deathtraps unless they are constantly moving, which is very difficult in rubble-blocked city streets. Artillery from rear areas is what is needed for the major destruction of grid squares.
Attack drones have radically changed the vulnerability of infantry and armored forces to the worse. IDF had better have many more drones than HAMAS and had better have drone countermeasures as well. Even if they do, things are bound to get ugly. They cannot afford to linger or get bogged down anywhere.
Generals in World War I had no understanding of what machine guns and semi-automatic weapons really meant in tactical assaults against defended positions. They sent waves of men marching line abreast across a battlefield to be mowed down time and time again.
Attack drones have in similar ways, made conventional assault tactics for infantry and armored vehicles seriously obsolete. Israel cannot afford to send waves of men and machines into a blasted city using those tactics.
We may see very quickly if they have some better ideas.
In the months before D-Day, the Allies fooled German intelligence into believing there was a large American army based in northern England. That army did not exist.
Here’s a fake inflatable tank from that “army”:
They are model/decoys like they used in WWIII meant to draw the enemy to something that doesn’t exist, while the actual strike happens somewhere else
In Google Maps, right at the northern boundary, there’s an area on the Israeli side that seems to have a similar topography, although I couldn’t make a direct match. Google Maps doesn’t quite match this resolution, I don’t think.
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