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The surprise attack by 3,000 Hamas operatives, who smashed through the border defenses on the Gazan border with Israel and ended up raping, torturing, and murdering 1,200 Israelis and kidnapping another 260 who were taken back to Gaza, is constantly on the minds of all Israelis, but especially on the minds of IDF strategists who must ensure that such a catastrophe never happens again. There is plenty of blame to go around in the higher echelons of Israel’s defense establishment for the security lapses on October 7, but everyone knows that now — in the middle of a war — is not the time to deal with that contentious matter. The IDF has been making plans for new and more effective ways to defend Israel’s border towns. More on the current state of the IDF’s planning for what should be done on both sides of the border can be found here: “On both sides of Gaza’s border, the IDF is remaking security from the (under)ground up,” by Amir Ben Shalom, Times of Israel, March 21, 2024:
Hamas commandos from the Gaza town of Khuza’a invaded Kibbutz Nir Oz, less than 2 km. away, on Oct. 7. They left behind a demolished kibbutz soaked in the blood of 38 slain victims, taking 77 hostages with them. To ensure such horrors never occur again, the army is fundamentally reconceiving how it defends the towns closest to Gaza.
The process will see the military shift away from more passive defensive measures to a security doctrine that will push Gazans away from the border, together with a beefed-up force along the fence actively engaged in keeping Israeli towns safe, according to a well-placed defense source.
The IDF located an “approach tunnel” that begins at the first line of houses in Khuza’a and leads to the border fence with Israel. Israel estimates there are hundreds of approach tunnels near the border between Israel and Gaza, meant to allow terrorists to mount a surprise attack on the fence.
Israel will not only systematically destroy every one of those “approach tunnels” that begin under the Gazan houses closest to the border, and then snake all the way to the border fence. It will also adopt a policy of constantly bombing new tunnels as soon as they are detected. In the past, the IDF simply let the tunnels alone, satisfied that it knew where they were and could take them out whenever, in the future, they needed to. That was the wrong method. As Hamas has shown, it can mount surprise attacks too swiftly for the IDF to respond in time — as happened with the above-ground attacks on October 7.
The risk of invasion from Gaza underpins the new defense doctrine. This will include a 1 km. buffer zone inside Gaza and a line of military outposts built along the fence and next to communities near the border, promising a massive military presence and immediate response to threats.
The Israelis plan to create a buffer zone inside Gaza, clearing it of all buildings, trees, rocks, and every other conceivable obstacle, so that there will only be a clear flat field one kilometer deep. Should Hamas try to cross that zone into Israel, its operatives can be raked with gunfire.
The Israelis also plan to line the border with many more military outposts — positioned at frequent intervals, right next to the communities (kibbutzim and towns) on the Gazan border, that the IDF is determined to protect. These outposts will require stationing many more IDF soldiers than were stationed in the handful of undermanned outposts in use before October 7, outposts that were quickly overrun by Hamas and the few soldiers and border policemen manning them killed.
Along with manpower, firepower will also be beefed up. The army is looking to station a large number of attack drones in the area, giving soldiers on the border the ability to deploy air power before the air force can arrive….
This is also a new development: stationing drones right on the border, where they can be put to use at once to attack Hamas operatives from the air, without waiting for Israeli planes to arrive. The IDF has in the past used drones to attack arms warehouses in Syria, to destroy the weapons that Iran delivers to Syria for re-shipment to Hezbollah in Lebanon. But now it will also put drones to work on the border, to attack any Hamas units attempting to penetrate Israel on the ground, before airstrikes can be called in.
The “border defense” is now an “offense,” with more manpower and firepower in many more outposts than existed before October 7, outposts to be built right on the border. The Gazans will be pushed back one kilometer away from the border with Israel. The surveillance array will include more advanced equipment, to allow the IDF to watch the same areas from different angles at the same time. And finally, there will be special fighting units of reservists, who have a background in special forces, all of whom will already be living in the border towns or kibbutzim. And any tunnels that Hamas starts to build will be promptly destroyed.
This is what the IDF has planned for the border with Gaza. Let us hope it proves to be enough to keep – from now on — that blood-soaked border secure.
Pre Oct7 Israel had all it needed to defend itself properly and effectively.
But nothing could counteract the leftoxenomorph traitors that stood down and let it happen because they wanted the pogrom to happen to “teach a lesson” to all those Israelis that won’t vote for them.
And the lesson is “vote left or don’t count on us because we’ll let the pisslims kill you until you learn to vote ‘right’”
The answer and punishment for that leftoxenomorph treason HAS TO BE DEATH.
They are easy to identify.
Hang them all for treason.
Otherwise Israel is doomed.
Israelis know this even those with only a couple of neurons bumping sporadically into each other in an otherwise empty cranium.
Israel has a leftoxenomorph problem. A huge one.
They solve it or leftoxenomorphs will bring about the destruction of Israel as local leftoxenomorphs caused the demise of the late Constitutional Republic the United States of America (July 4th, 1776 – November 3rd, 2020)
A civilization can not survive leftoxenomorph traitors as a wooden structure can not survive termites unless they are dealt with.
The only way to stop this is to annex and occupy Gaza, summary executions for the Hamas leadership and everyone who took part in 10/7, and take over its school system, de-Nazify it by essentially controlling how Islam is preached (editing out the problematic parts of the Koran and Hadith that demand the blood of Jews and infidels).
In other words, do the impossible. Sigh.
I actually early on thought of a Nuremberg style tribunal for all those involved in the depravities of October 7, all deserving of Nuremberg style punishments (e.g. hangings). But then I learned of just how many were *captured*, not killed, in the initial military response. And there are a lot of them – so many it’s inconceivable that Israel, which has executed only two in its 75 years of independence, could execute them all.
But that raises a bigger question. Prior to October 7, Israel held several thousand Hamas and PIJ members in custody, almost all convicted of terror offenses, including murder. All these, Hamas wants released for the hostages. And not just those. Since October 7, Israel has captured several thousand more, on the battlefields of Gaza or in operations in Judea and Samaria. What exactly does Israel plan to do with them? All will happily rejoin the fight, anxious to kill more Jews, as soon as they are released.
Jews must live in Gaza and there should be no pier (terror Hamas company pier built by Qatar the terror masterminds and bankers).
That ends the occupation and apartheid.
I (still) think Netanyahu is right. The ONLY WAY forward is too win the war against Hamas and totally destroy the organization, its infrastructure and its ability to wage war. Having said that, Hamas has risen from it roots in Gaza. It is afterall, Hamas is made up of Palistinian Gazens. The majority of Gazens support the October raid on Israel. They too need and should be defeated. The history of these people is replete with being orushed, and ousted by neighboring Arab states. If they can’t be ousted they should be soundly defeated until they plead for mercy.
Islam vs. Western civilization. Simple as that.
One more thing Israel needs is to allow its citizens to arm themselves. It needs its own legal equivalent to what we call “constitutional carry”.
This is a very expensive proposition. Cheaper in terms of manpower and shekels, along with a more sanitary border, is to declare that part of Gaza a no-go zone for Arabs, and to act accordingly, in spite of how it plays In Dearborn.
Buffer zones are one of the most ancient and effective methods of defense. However 1 kilometer is a minimal width, should be much wider.
This is what I believe should happen: Gaza should not be taken over by Israel. However, it should be recognized as an Israeli protectorate (which would protect not only Israel but also Gaza). This would lead to more peace in the area, I believe. For instance, Hamas-which one of its main policies is to exterminate Israel-would be denominated an Israeli enemy and should never be allowed to govern Gaza.
Gazans, in large majorities (70-80%), support Hamas policies (eg. the extermination of Israel and Jews). Thus, legally, Israel could enter Gaza and defuse any Gazan who wanted to wipe out Israel. It would be up to the Israeli military to determine whether this “extermination policy” was not merely an opinion of a Gazan but was a real and existential threat to Israel.
I believe international law would recognize Israel’s right (even by bombing and its accidental-not purposeful-killing of civilians). Israel’s response would be recognized as a legitimate response to an ongoing and actual threat.
Once Gazans understand that they will be the ones to suffer from Hamas intransigence they won’t be so likely to “hate” Israel and Jews existence.
“Divide and conquer” is an old strategy. In Israel’s situation the strategy would be “divide (Gazans from Hamas) in order to survive.”
You are implying that we live in a rational world. We do not. We live in a world governed more and more by depraved psychopaths who believe Western morals are an existential threat to their pursuit of their prurient desires., In other words, fat chance. . . .
The best way to defend and protect Israel is to decapitate the Islamic Iranian Mullah regime
and the Islamic Qatar Royal Family.
Israel turning Tehran into a shinning green sea of Trinitite might do the job.
Israel should take back Gaza as their own, destroy all mosques and UN buildings, kick the UN out completely and rebuild the region into a wonderful tourist destination, the muslims who want to stay could drive taxis and run shops just like they do everywhere else.
Yeah, just because Mohammud dreamed about a horse carrying him to Heaven the Muslims claimed Jerusalem. He probably had been riding horses recently so that was in his short term memory.
O no, not that defensive strategy crap again. The only real defence is to turn Gaza into a big parking lot.
All the Arabs in Gaza need to be moved to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. This border security plan is only a delay tactic until the next October 7th. Maybe they are waiting until the war with Hezb Allah gets going or Trump gets elected.