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Home Front Command Commander: "We were not fully prepared, the rate of fire from Gaza - the highest ever"
In an interview with Walla!
Major General Uri Gordin said that the incident in which the boy Ido Avigal was killed at the police station was a "point incident" but the protected area is still the safest place. He added that the next confrontation with Hezbollah "will not be the same."
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Amir Bohbot
Monday, 17 May 2021, 21:29
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"The incident in which the boy Ido Avigal was killed by a rocket while he was inside a police station in Sderot is a one-off incident. This is a very unfortunate event, but the MMAD is still the safest place there is "- he said (Monday) in an interview with Walla! Home Front Command Commander Major General Uri Gordin. Gordin added that the IDF would investigate the incident in depth and the conclusion is that the protected area is still the safest place: "I say honestly - there is no 100% in defense. I think the way to deal with this threat is to enter a protected space. "In the face of the point incident (by Ido Abigail - AB) there are dozens of cases of direct attacks on homes, in which civilians entered protected areas and left unharmed. We need to improve places where there are protection gaps that we have in the State of Israel."
In an interview, Gordin asked about the Hamas firing and said: "The rate of fire from the Gaza Strip towards Israel was the highest and most significant of all Israeli systems."
According to him, there was no campaign with a rate of fire of almost 3,000 rockets a week. This proves two things: First, that we did not exaggerate or intimidate the public. We were prepared for the real threat. Second, that defense systems manage to intercept about 90 percent of rockets fired, even in front of barrages Heavy. "
Gordin added and complimented the disciplined Israeli public in the home front: "I think none of us were fully prepared. None of us knew what time we were going to attack. On the other hand we are preparing all year so we came very prepared for this campaign. The most significant challenge was to replace the switch "Of the citizens of Israel a full routine for defense policy - and today I see a disciplined public that is defending correctly in the face of the new reality created here."
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"We did not intimidate the public."
Gordin (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Major General Gordin added that the Home Front Command would try to prepare a few days ahead each time: "Every day we issue defensive guidelines. The only relief we have made in the last day is to allow special education in threatened areas as well. We will try to work at least two days ahead."
Referring to the question of whether Operation Guardians of the Wall is preparing Israel for a battle against Hezbollah, he replied: "Certainly it improves our preparation for an emergency against Hezbollah. On the other hand, the confrontation with Hezbollah will not be the same. It will be different - also in its scope, "And in the breadth of his threat. But we will also be able to deal with him. We will build the force and we will also be able to deal with Hezbollah."
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