The Israeli Air Force responds to Hamas terrorist attacks with massive bombing of the Gaza Strip. There were dozens of air raids again on Thursday. Given the images of widespread destruction, the Israeli army insists that it is “not a matter of area bombing”, but of precision strikes. A proven tactic is used.
More than 1,200 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and about 5,800 other people have been injured so far, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Photos show bombed houses, piles of rubble, dead and wounded. However, Israel’s armed forces emphasize that they only attack legitimate military targets. “We do not attack any target that is not based on intelligence information” explained military spokesman Richard Hecht.
“People who want to go, go”
The attacks were “bigger than anything we’ve seen before,” he said. However, the army always receives concrete information about where militant Palestinians are hiding. “If anyone involved absconds, we will warn citizens about the attack,” he said. “People who want to leave, then leave.”
The procedure is as follows: first the residents of a house are warned via a short message on their mobile phone, after which they ‘knock’ just before the air raid. This means firing non-explosive ordnance or dropping a concrete bomb that does little damage. The ‘roof tapping’, as the procedure is also called, is intended to give citizens sufficient time to get to safety.
Operations with devastating consequences
“Only then, after a period of 10 to 45 minutes, is the precision ammunition used,” Army Colonel Markus Reisner explains to ntv.de. The fact that civilians continue to die is because the explosion often has such a devastating effect that the entire house collapses or entire blocks are destroyed by multiple bombs. According to Reisner, this gives the impression that it is a carpet bombing. ‘But that is not true.’ Instead, there are multiple precision bombs that hit next to each other.
This is how the Israeli military explains the practice of “roof tapping”:
The Israeli Defense Forces developed this tactic, which is intended to protect civilians, years ago. She responded to Hamas’s practice of using residential buildings for terrorist purposes and using Palestinian civilians as human shields. Even in the current war, Hamas fighters sometimes force civilians to stay in their homes, Colonel Reisner said. The images of children and women murdered in this way are then shared on social media to create sentiment against Israel.
Ground offensive “probably at night”
With the current airstrikes, the Israeli army not only wants to kill terrorists, but also force civilian residents to leave the Gaza Strip, the army’s military expert explained. The aim of the ground offensive, announced by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, was to prevent as many civilian casualties as possible. It is unclear when ground troops will actually advance into Hamas-controlled territory as part of Operation Iron Swords. “Probably at night,” Reisner said, because the Israeli forces can exploit their technical superiority.
Minister: “Eradicate Hamas”
It is said that the action against Hamas nAccording to Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel, it could deter other extremist groups in the world. “Our decisive action will prevent other organizations from carrying out the same tragic attacks,” Gamliel told AFP. Israel must “eliminate” Hamas so that no one even thinks of using “what happened as a model” for future attacks.
Source: Krone
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