____________________________________________ 3 IICC Perspectives studies, correctly stated that there were puzzles, both "secrets" and "mysteries": an army's preparedness relates not only to how many soldiers and weapons it has, which is a "secret", but to things that cannot be quantified: "mysteries", such as motivation, the quality of training and the command echelons. Generally speaking, strategic intelligence analysis is mostly directed to interpret "mysteries", while operational intelligence research is directed to interpret, in varying degrees, both "secrets" and "mysteries". Tactical research, however, is mainly directed to interpret "secrets" (a kind of physical-mechanical concept, regarding issues that have a solution). A look at the great intelligence successes compared to the great intelligence surprises which have accompanied Israel since its founding, teaches that Israeli intelligence's well-deserved reputation for excellence comes mainly from success in "secret" challenges: from many magnificent operations, like the raid in Entebbe; countless foiled attacks; strategic attacks, such as destroying the nuclear reactors in Iraq and Syria; or from successful large scale operations, like "Moked" - Israel's preemptive strike on the Egyptian air force in 1967. The strategic failures of 1973 and 2023, point to a continuing difficulty in dealing with the sphere of "mysteries", a world of continuous challenges, often Sisyphean, philosophical and without a solution, which do not yield immediate fame and achievements as does revealing "secrets". Both failures had elements of "mystery" and "secrets", although in different doses. in 1973, the "mystery" was misunderstanding how determined Egypt and Syria were to initiate a war, which would indeed have limited goals in light of their military capabilities, but would restore honor and resolve the political deadlock for negotiations which would lead Operation "Moked": Israeli airstrike at the beginning of the Six-Day War, June 7, 1967 (Source: Malam archive)
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