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Originally Posted by CivicBlues
But....the people that did the "interrogating", they were all kids! I mean no more than 25 y.o. and nearly all female. This was at the southern border along the red sea popular with tourists so I assume they deemed it lower risk. At Tel Aviv airport upon my departure I had my luggage unpacked by a more intimidating security officer but was very cordial was probably better trained.
I suspect there was some complacency with Gaza having been "abandoned" back in 2005 and surrounding a pretty sparsely populated area. And really, what else could they have done when they basically Zerg-rushed a random area of desert and sparsely populated small towns?
The world's most powerful country can't stop a bunch of Latin Americans from crossing their southern border, what chance does a nation of 9 million have against 2 million (400 million, really) who are actively and rabidly trying to kill them and being armed by Russia/Iran/Qatar, digging tunnels, flying drones, etc.
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All young because they have mandatory military service. At 18 you have to do 32 months of service.
The North/South Korea boarder is 250 KM long and the German wall was 155 KM long.
Good write up of the timeline. Some waited 20 hours to be rescued.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-timeline.html
Reports from Gaza boarder guards.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-new...t-hamas-attack
There was a military failure and I think Benjamin Netanyahu will pay the price.