At the beginning of the war, Hamas combatants used that vest as a means of protection and to allow safe movement, which caused IDF snipers to pay extra attentio

At the beginning of the war, Hamas combatants used that vest as a means of protection and to allow safe movement, which caused IDF snipers to pay extra attention to PRESS and most likely send them off. If you pay close attention to reports from Gaza, barely anyone is using a PRESS vest now (that's like holding an AK-47), beginning of the war everyone was using it.