The gap in the balance of power between us and the occupation, for those who do not know, was never narrowing, but rather it was constantly widening in favor of the occupation, simply because the scientific, technological, artistic, and economic resources were very abundant in favor of the occupation, and we are not saying that they were scarce for the resistance, but in fact they were very close to zero...! The resistance was literally doing the impossible and achieving great accomplishments that were almost out of nothing, and this is a source of pride and honor, and even a miracle, but the final result is that the gap is widening, and time was not working in our favor at all.

When the resistance reached the manufacture of powerful and effective rockets during 20 years of development, the enemy was advancing faster in the field of the Iron Dome. Imagine if our speed of development had brought us to these rockets before the enemy reached this level of ability to confront this Dome?!! While we were trying to escape through large bursts to mislead the [Iron] Dome and raise its material cost, the occupation had begun to develop the laser system, which we do not know how much it needs to complete to have a trivial air defense system, capable of confronting the resistance rockets effectively, as it will be able to deploy its batteries many times more than the Iron Dome system. Then the question will be: What if the circumstances allowed for the use of our rockets before the development of this system and not after it..

We used to require years to develop a capability in air or sea, while the enemy can develop defenses that limit its impact in a year or two, and the same applies to all fields, especially the field of intelligence, eavesdropping, and the ability to uncover the secrets of the resistance and the locations of its capabilities, including tunnels.

The rockets possessed by the resistance could have suddenly become worthless if a technological breakthrough occurred that would enable the enemy to scan the surface layers of the earth and identify their locations. There was much data indicating the enemy’s efforts in this area.

The same applies if there is a technological breakthrough in detecting tunnels, communications systems, or other systems and capabilities that the resistance has been developing for many years with very, very limited resources, while the enemy confronts it with an arsenal of technology and resources that are available in an unlimited manner.

The legendary crossing plan that took place on October 7 could have become worthless if an engineering, industrial, or water barrier had been added to the border system with the Strip, as a result of a security loophole from which the enemy understood or deduced the broad outlines of the attack.

The success of a very small quadcopter in planting a very precise eavesdropping device in a sensitive location, intentionally or by chance, could blow up the balance of power. Anyone who knows the daily, exhausting intelligence war between the resistance and its enemy knows how many secret projects have been exposed, and also knows how admirable the miracle is that many of them remain secret.

The experience of the Lebanese front, and what surprised Hezbollah with the infiltration of pagers and wireless devices, and the places where political and field leaders were secured, is an example of the ability of any security breach or technological progress to reposition the balance of power in favor of the enemy while increasing the gap even more.

The final and overall result of the power race within the framework of time is that time never worked in our favor and time did not give the resistance any comfort to postpone the clash.