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This is why the Air Force did not bomb the scene of the Gaza disaster
[Ynet] We woke up Tuesday morning to one of the hardest events we have known during the Gaza war. Twenty-one soldiers; Our good sons, were killed fighting in Gaza in the most difficult incident since the beginning of the war. It goes without saying that in such an event the public is looking for answers to the breakdown that led to it and how it could have been avoided. But precisely in such difficult times, it is important to separate the truth from all kinds of stories that get mixed in.Let's start with the essence of the operation: Since October 7 the IDF has been working to establish a buffer zone in the Gaza Strip. Of all the tasks the IDF is doing, this is perhaps the most important and the one that should prevent a situation where the events of the surprise attack by Hamas will be repeated. As part of the activity, the IDF forces are exposing the area of ground and underground terrorist infrastructure along the entire border area. Monday's activity, for example, was on the first line in front of Kissufim — a community where dozens of terrorists arrived from the same areas in which the IDF was operating. The activity there is difficult, Sisyphean, and requires a redesign of hundreds of meters of the border. Without it, it will not be possible to return the residents of the Gaza border communities home. This is the mission on which the soldiers were killed and there is nothing more valuable and important than it. It is important to say, that the soldiers were killed during a battle, and all indications so far point to the fact that the explosion occurred as a result of Hamas anti-tank fire. This is not a safety issue but a battle with disastrous results. The first question that arose after the event was why not attack those houses from the air. We will explain: Exposing buildings is a job for the engineers' corps, for D9 bulldozers in the case of low buildings or mines in other cases. The bulldozers were damaged in the war as a result of the destruction of houses, especially when they were operating against high-rises, so the IDF decided to switch some of the demolitions to mines, which are more effective but also more dangerous. Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-24 |
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