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Although the official name of Israel's military is the Israel DEFENSE Force (IDF), the reality has always been that Israel's only way to defend itself effectively was to take the initiative and go on the attack.The opposition feared that the better the system worked, the less incentive there would be for the IDF to think aggressively. And that is exactly what has happened!
If there had been a massive IDF ground invasion, within two or three months Gaza's towns and villages would have been cleared, house by house, of Hamas fighters. Hamas, and its fellow organizations, would have been destroyed as a military and political force. Israel would have been relieved, for a decade or two, of the need to worry about a southern front."
Instead of which, Israel is still on the receiving end of around 100 rockets every day from Gaza. Justifiably, there are many in Israel who supported the decisions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the beginning of the conflict, but who now question what was the war all about.
Hamas has fired over 3,700 rockets into Israel over the past few weeks. The first few hundred would have resulted in the death and injury of many civilians.
While that might have satisfied Israel's many critics in the world - some of whom appear to regard the casualty numbers like a score in a football match which Israel is winning or losing depending on your viewpoint - it would have given Israel no choice but to attempt to eliminate Hamas, its operatives, weapons, rockets, tunnels, and all the other infrastructure of their war machine.
Because of Iron Dome, Hamas can survive to fight another day.
Read more at Iron Dome Has Saved Hamas From Annihilation: A Disaster For Israel?
Read more at Iron Dome Has Saved Hamas From Annihilation: A Disaster For Israel?




