It's because younger people are easier to manipulate and brainwash.
The same reason warlords use child soldiers.
Also I think the IDF wants a lot of their younger inexperienced soldiers to die because it helps perpetuate the cycle of violence.
And the IDF seem like the most cowardly undisciplined soliders on earth.
Like what kind of morons would send columns of tanks headed by bulldozers into urban environments without infantry?
You don't have to be an expert in military doctrine to understand that tanks without infantry make easy targets.
You only have to watch the footage of guys in flip flops running up on tanks with IEDs to understand tanks can't defend themselves without infantry.
