A senior military official says today (Friday) following the start of the "Dawn" operation that he estimates there are 10 dead in the IDF strikes in Gaza, but refused to commit to the number. "We could not allow the Islamic Jihad to carry out an attack.
We know that he recently promoted a murderous attack aimed at harming civilians on the Gaza border.
These are processes we have seen in the organization in recent weeks.
It turned on him now that we took the initiative."
According to the source, the IDF acted with great responsibility. "For the past three days we isolated the area in Gaza and during that time we prepared the operation that you are planning to start now.
We took the initiative and created integration and synchronization on the day of the chain of command of the attack, at the field levels up to Taysir Jabari - the commander of the northern center of the jihad corresponding to the general of command in the north of the Gaza Strip.
He is one of the two senior figures in the Gaza Strip and tried to launch an attack against us and other other things."
According to him, the chain involved in the attack was from people in the field ranks up to him, including the middle ranks - and all of them were hit hard.
"In the course of a few minutes, many targets were attacked - both by tanks and from the air. This includes Jabari's specific apartment. This is an impressive intelligence capability and a very good operational capability. All this in the Shin Bet cooperation."
The IDF attacked military positions of the Islamic Jihad, a number of operatives were killed
"We are preparing to come," said the source.
"It can develop in many forms and ways, and no one will be surprised if rocket barrages fly here. We have issued defense instructions and I ask the public to obey the instructions. This is not an hour or two hour operation, it will take time. We have not yet said the last word, we have more things to do ".
According to him, the IDF is also preparing to attack additional targets in the future, also in the aspect of active air defense. "Since the Guardian of the Walls, we have adopted a civilian policy that allows for Gaza, we have no interest in the entire strip, the operation is targeted and so we will continue while trying to avoid collateral damage in Gaza," he says. "The main capability of the Islamic Jihad is short-term and it is likely that it will be used in the coming hours.
The operation focuses on this terrorist organization, and it will remain so."
Residents of Gaza after the IDF attack, photo: None
At the same time, the IDF spokesman announced that the army had begun a large-scale recruitment of reservists. the security".
In the meantime, a short time ago the assessment of the security situation led by Prime Minister Yair Lapid was completed in Kirya in Tel Aviv.
The Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense, the Rabbi of the National Security Council, the Rabbi of the Mossad, the Rabbi of the Shin Bet, the Chief of Staff, the Prime Minister's Military Secretary, the Director General of the Prime Minister's Office, the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other officials participated in the discussion. more
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