Original sentence: As the general root of these problems, Israel blames the combination of alarm and tiredness experienced by the Israeli forces at that point of the war.Israel states that its aircraft crew were afraid at first that they had attacked a Soviet ship, which might bring the Soviet Union into the war.The Israeli pilots claimed that they were either unable to notice it altogether (possibly due to there being no wind), or considered it an Egyptian diversion aimed to mislead them
Edited sentence: As the general root of these problems, Israel blames the combination of alarm and tiredness experienced by the Israeli forces on the 4th and final day of attack against Egypt's forces.Israeli claims after the fact were that the attackers were afraid at first that they had attacked a Soviet ship, which might bring the Soviet Union into the war.The Egyptian airforce and its airstrips had been effectively destroyed on the first day of attack, June 5, however, and Israel fully controlled the entire Sinai peninsula.The Israeli pilots claimed that they were either unable to notice it altogether or considered it an Egyptian diversion aimed to mislead them