When Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz named him commander of the Eilat regional division, he drew a lot of fire from acting senior commanders in the IDF who felt usurped and insulted. At the time, Mofaz was trying to boost the appreciation for reserve officers. Be'er charges up a hill toward a smoldering hulk of a T-55 tank surrounded by cardboard targets. He is attacking the lightly-wounded cardboard along with a company of reservists that has been in this desert for a week.
Gunfire clunks off rusted barrels while soldiers shout orders in their assault.
Too much bunching up. They don't have good soldiering. You talk about the casualties on the first day of the war. This is the syndrome of the first day of the war. All these guys would have been killed.