Jihad is just a taste.

For Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran are waiting around the corner

The success of the operation in Gaza was based on impressive intelligence, and the achievements speak for themselves.

Hamas, which did not participate in the conflict, did not do so for reasons of moderation - but rather to avoid being dragged into the jihad, and Nasrallah for his part understood that an operation in the north would be met with harshness.

But above all, the Palestinian issue is the one that should worry Israel

Amos Gilad

08/08/2022

Monday, 08 August 2022, 08:49 Updated: 09:42

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In the video: documentation of the attack on the Islamic Jihad's rocket launching position (Photo: Doch)

The Egyptians proved their effectiveness as a mediating factor that brings peace and stability back to the Gaza Strip - but the main reason for the end of the conflict is the strength of the IDF, the Shin Bet and the operational capability that was based on intelligence and resulted in impressive operational results that caused the Jihad to realize that it was better to stop the attacks on Israel.

In terms of the operation's goals, which are very important, the achievements speak for themselves.

Primarily, Israeli freedom of action in Judea and Samaria is preserved in order to prevent terrorist organizations from committing acts of murder and terrorism in Israel.

This combined action capability against the nests of terrorism is the sole reason for the silence on the streets of Israel.

The second achievement is that despite the Islamic Jihad's attempt to impose a model of life paralysis in the Western Negev as a means of pressure on Israel - the threat was removed through accurate and integrated intelligence.

The anti-tank squads were damaged, and senior commanders responsible for many murders were eliminated. The killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza as a result of jihadist attacks also resulted from their failure, or from Israel's success, in preventing the smuggling of standard weapons from Iran. This is an increasingly cumulative achievement - and a significant one, as which

we saw in the last conflict.

In addition, the command of the home front has been perfected, the defense systems in the form of an iron dome have proven effective and this has value in preventing harm to non-involved civilians. The harm to civilians by the IDF was very low, which makes it easier on the international scene.

Another important security achievement is the failure of all attempts to ignite clashes between Jews and Arabs in the cities involved.

The Prime Minister visiting the Southern Command, yesterday (Photo: Government Press Office, Haim Tsekh)

proved effective.

Iron Dome interception in the Ashkelon area, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

Hamas in this conflict was seemingly exempt from responsibility, but the responsibility for what is happening in Hamastan, aka the Gaza Strip, rests on its shoulders.

The organization is prevented by an ideological-religious strategy from destroying Israel, with no willingness for any recognition, compromise or political negotiation.

There are those who dispute this and say that he moderated - but this is a mistake.

This is a religious organization that works to destroy Israel, and there is no support for other versions.

He translates this ideology into intensification, and strives for a confrontation with Israel.

To organize a quantity of rockets of a serious size, he dug an expensive project of tunnels.

However, in the overall military balance, they have the lower hand, but they will strive again and again to take advantage of opportunities to turn the conflict into a religious one, between Israel and Islam, and not only with the terrorist organizations.

In their view, the Islamic Jihad should help them in the confrontation with Israel - and they should in no way be dragged along.

That is why they stood aside in this case.

Therefore, the policy of the economic sectors is correct - but it will not influence the organization to deviate from its path if it has the opportunity to do so, especially at sensitive times such as the approaching holidays.

Hamas and the Islamic Jihad are a strategic challenge to the State of Israel - since in Iran's view they are part of the system they are trying to build around them.

And Iran is the real danger.

The Muslim state is advancing on the nuclear path of creating a military option and creating a ballistic-missile threat.

This, by launching rockets from Iran itself and from failed countries in which it has freedom of action such as Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq.

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The real danger.

The Revolutionary Guards (Photo: Reuters)

Gas agreement between Israel and Lebanon - very important.

Shark rig (photo: official website, Energian company)

Now the month of September is on the horizon, in which the issue of the shark rig will re-emerge.

The US is putting a tremendous effort into establishing an agreement between Lebanon and Israel to demarcate the gas fields, and it is very important to have such an agreement - against the background of Nasrallah's threats to harm Israel. Based on the last round, it is clear to Nasrallah that Israel will react with great force in a possible conflict.

Beyond all these issues, it is appropriate now to flood the question - what is Israel's strategy on the core issue of relations with the Palestinians? Israel is moving towards a single state, there is a threat to its character as a democratic-Jewish state. In this election campaign there is almost no attention to this matter, and if it happens in a country with a permanent government - it is appropriate that it be addressed. The

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