In less than three months, the occupied interior witnessed 5 specific Palestinian commando operations that killed 18 Israelis and injured a number of others. The operations took place despite raising the state of alert in the military, intelligence and security units in conjunction with the month of Ramadan, the Jewish holiday of Passover, and the 74th anniversary of the occupation. What proved the failure of these systems in reading Palestinian behavior and preventing operations.
This failure stirred the tongues of Israeli journalists, commentators, and analysts who were highly critical of the performance and politics of the occupation institutions and Naftali Bennett’s government. In an article in the Hebrew newspaper “Israel Today”, Israeli writer Lilach Shoval said that “the tactic that Israel has taken so far has simply collapsed.”
Translated article:
The harsh operation the day before yesterday in El-Ad requires the security apparatus to conduct an in-depth evaluation of the situation regarding the continuation of steps in relation to the current wave of operations, and the transition from tactics to an orderly strategy that stops that wave.
Since mid-March, 19 settlers have been killed in operations in Beersheba, Hadera, Tel Aviv, and Ariel, and yesterday in Elad, and this time also, like the operation in Hadera, the operation seemed relatively planned. The security service succeeded in thwarting dozens of attacks in recent weeks thanks to the very high-quality intelligence provided by the Shin Bet and Aman. However, yesterday’s failure requires the Shin Bet to explain in depth how the two perpetrators evaded under the radar of the entire system.
The problem is that Israel has recently taken a tactical, or even detailed, approach, and a complete strategy has not crystallized to confront the wave of operations,” noting that “the hope of officials in the security and political apparatus was that if Israel succeeded in passing through the month of Ramadan with relative calm There is a good chance that the escalation that began in the process in Beersheba in mid-March will slowly wither away.
Israel favored confronting the current wave of operations, through intelligence, immediate reactions, and initiated actions in the depths of the territories and others, but the truth is; It is not possible to address operations only tactically and positionally.
Hamas in the Gaza Strip is the source of incitement, it is it that ignites the fire, it is it that encourages protests in Al-Aqsa Mosque and operations in city centers and in the West Bank, and it is it that has not sufficiently prevented the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and it is its affiliates that fired from Lebanon .
Israel does not reap any price from Hamas and is tolerant towards PA President Mahmoud Abbas; Who cooperates with us from under the surface, but his condemnation of the operations is very weak and his men continue to pay salaries to the families of prisoners and martyrs.
In light of the real fear that the deadly operation in El-Ad will inspire other Arabs, the Israeli hope that the wave of operations will slowly wither away seems less reasonable from now on, and therefore senior officials in the political and security arena should have a strategic discussion as soon as possible; Because the tactic Israel has taken so far has simply collapsed.
The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth also said that the policy adopted by the Israeli government in dealing with Hamas had collapsed, and he also criticized the behavior of the previous government by saying that “the unfortunate lesson of the daily struggle is that there is no one hundred percent success. Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy toward Hamas in the 12 years did not achieve calm, but the opposite.
