IDF struggles to learn from October 7 as investigations reveal systemic failures - analysis
The IDF has learned lessons from the war, but it’s unclear if it is going to prepare now for the next war, or rather, prepare for the last one.
A woman places a candle as people grieve at the site of the Nova festival where partygoers were killed and kidnapped, on the two-year anniversary of the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza, in Reim, southern Israel, October 7, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/ITAY COHEN)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN