Minister Uzi Landau and MK Avi Dichter of opposition party Kadima both expressed support Thursday for a renewal of the "targeted killing" policy against terror chiefs. Dichter also called for striking civilian infrastructures in the terror haven.
The "targeted killings" policy is a proactive anti-terror tactic in which the IDF does not wait for terrorists to act against Israel in order to strike at them. Rather, it uses its air superiority in order to pick off known terrorist leaders based on real-time intelligence regarding their whereabouts.
[You'll remember Israeli helicopters firing missiles through terrorists' bedroom windows... very effective. --Editor]
Dichter, who is a former Head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), said that some politicians' calls to invade Gaza were "divorced from reality."
Embarking on such an operation, he explained, requires a period of preparation of more than a year. "This is our strategic goal," he said, "but right now we need to act... immediately on the tactical plane."
The way to create deterrence vis-a-vis Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Dichter added, requires pinpoint strikes rather than massive attack. Israel, he said, should be "hitting key members of the terror infrastructure in Gaza and at the same time hitting the civilian infrastructures of the Strip."
A policy of retaliation that consists of bombing open spaces, "a tunnel here and a tunnel there, causing sand to fly and making some dust" only invites more terror, said Minister Landau.
Hamas leaders in Gaza, he said, "should go into the bunkers and worry about their personal good health around the clock."
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I think this is a superb idea.
ReplyDeleteIt worked very well last time they used it.
The terrorist leaders become very unwelcome visitors when there is a chance of a strike.