In the video: activity of the commandos in West Khan Yunis/Doc
The peace of the fighters is in danger - to maintain relations with Qatar?
The parents of fighters in the IDF's commando brigade reveal today (Thursday) that their sons were revolted by the fact that they were taking excessive risks in a ground operation to clear the towers in the Qatari neighborhood "Hamed State" - instead of "bombing them from the air". The criticism was already revealed in the briefing before the raid in the neighborhood, in the area Khan Younes.
According to the parents, the commanders replied to them that the reason they do not bomb the tall buildings from the air stems from the desire to avoid a conflict with the Qataris. As you may remember, after Operation Protective Edge, the Qatari emir contributed a huge budget to build a new, modern neighborhood for the Palestinians - and those who actually took control of it were senior Hamas officials and their people. The Qataris today are defined as prominent mediators in the deal for the release of the abductees.
Accordingly, apparently by order from the highest ranks of the army, it was decided that the fighters of the commando brigade would clear the apartments one by one. In doing so, the soldiers are forced to place an explosive device to break down the doors at the entrance to each of the apartments in the buildings - despite the increasing threat of houses captured by Hamas operatives, who take advantage of the IDF's activity in the built-up area for ambushes and the activation of explosive devices from afar.
Fighters of the Agoz unit in the clashes in the west of Khan Yunis/IDF spokesman
"The answer is illogical. The safety of our sons should be above all else. And I'm not talking about the fact that there seems to be no learning process regarding the trapped houses. They also learned at Yosh," one of the parents told Walla!. "Where there is no need to risk fighters attacking and destroying from the air.
We need the intervention of the senior military echelon in the discretion."
Yesterday, an IDF spokesman reported that a force from the commando brigade, accompanied by a sting fighter, was hit by an explosive device in an area of a trapped building.
As a result, a sting fighter was killed and more than ten fighters were injured.
Just last week, the fighters of the commando brigade killed: 220 terrorists in the Khan Yunis area, and arrested 300 terrorists in addition to the 1200 terrorists who were arrested in Khan Yunis from the beginning of the maneuver of Division 98.
The IDF spokesperson did not provide a comment
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