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'Unbeatable' Israeli army has gone soft, Barak inquiry finds

The Israeli army's fabled invincibility in battle has been weakened by decades of counter-terrorist duty and an aversion to accepting casualties, according to an inquiry led by Ehud Barak, Israel's most decorated soldier and a former prime minister.

The Israeli army's fabled invincibility in battle has been weakened by decades of counter-terrorist duty and an aversion to accepting casualties, according to an inquiry led by Ehud Barak, Israel's most decorated soldier and a former prime minister.