The Chief of Staff was right in his response to the remarks made following the fall of the late Sgt.
However, the anger, and especially the feeling of humiliation in the fall of Bar-El, did not stem from the clarity of the instructions, but from the question of whether they are correct, appropriate, purposeful and appropriate for the years-long security confrontation with terrorist organizations in Gaza.
These difficult feelings, and even more acute, exist towards Israel's security policy as a whole vis-à-vis Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and it must be said that this policy has failed for years.
The policy is a lax policy of restraint and inclusion, and not a deterrent, determined, let alone decisive policy.
And it is clear that it does not fit what is required for Israel's security and its strategic situation.
The truth must be told: Hamas and Islamic Jihad are not at all afraid of Israel and the IDF.
They know that these attacks are minor, and that the IDF is vigilant not to kill, God forbid, any of their men or others.
"It is no wonder, then, that their daring skyrockets, and they allow themselves to dictate to the IDF if, what, when and where the events will take place on the Gaza border. Night harassment "along the border to exhaust and deceive the IDF. Meanwhile, the IDF calls the violent and dangerous riots along the fence, oddly enough, "riots." escalation".
Thus Israel "held" reached an absurd state of erosion of deterrence, and an exhausting confrontation whose end was not seen, and during which also moments of failure and depression, as occurred recently. It is true that Israel and the IDF have not easy and well-known constraints and restrictions on the use of force that are not discussed here, short of the platform. Realized).
Operation Wall Guard had such an unsuccessful attempt, but that does not mean that the IDF has no other way to balance terrorist organizations and operational balance and bring them to request a long-term ceasefire. Ways of action (such as dredging, gas, smoke, etc.) that will deter and repel as necessary the "disturbances" on the Gaza border and IDF positions there.
Some are toying with the idea of a "series" and long-term calm with Hamas, but Israel has no such real strategic alternative, with Hamas' DNA being a war of attrition and the elimination of Israel from the map.
Brigadier General (Res.) Aharon Lebran is a former senior security official
