A senior security official summarized the "Dawn" operation:
"It was a successful military operation. The IDF demonstrated impressive offensive and defensive intelligence capabilities.
The IDF is required to face much more complex challenges on a much larger scale, but what was demonstrated here was successful.
"This is an effort of more than a year under the leadership of Defense Minister Benny Gantz. There is a lot of work here over time that gave legitimacy to the IDF to act and this was very prominent in the issue of the closure mechanism.
We remember other promotions.
Here the closure mechanism was based on building and strengthening very close ties.
Involvement of the Minister of Defense is personal and intimate in the closure mechanism.
Attack in Gaza, photo: AFP
"The other infrastructure that we have been working on for years is a combination of sticks and carrots on the civil and economic level with the population of Gaza: goods and workers. The combination of the two created a situation where Hamas remained outside and did not join. There is potential here to continue preserving and establishing peace and stability. Also in the issue of solving the issue of captives and missing persons We look forward.
"After Wall Guard, we resorted to massive stockpiling of precision weapons on very large scales. This was even before President Biden's announcement of a billion shekels for Iron Dome interceptors. We did not use the Magen Or laser system. It is still under development.
"A very effective system of relations was formed with the Egyptians as a leading factor. The Qataris and the UN were also in this story.
This combination has proven its effectiveness.
Qatar is involved and has the potential for more things up the road.
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The captives and the missing
"This issue of the sticks and carrots and the economic well-being of the residents of Gaza, along with deterrence, can preserve peace and contribute to the issue of the captives and the missing."
As for the departure of the workers from Gaza for work in Israel, the security source said that "it has weight in Hamas's decision not to join. There are many residents in the Strip and this contributes to Hamas not joining. It contributes to the closing of the round. According to their conduct, this is how we will act. If it is possible to open We will open up more. The reconstruction of Gaza and the significant projects is conditional on solving the issue of the prisoners and the missing."
Compared to "Guardian of the Walls", this operation required less armaments and fewer interceptors.
In terms of the cost of the operation, this operation is smaller than "Guardian of Walls" and the costs will be accordingly.
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