A former Israeli army general has declared that Israel can successfully invade the occupied Gaza Strip, reported Israel Hayom.
Yair Golan, the former head of Northern Command and once deputy chief of staff, was speaking to the paper about his political ambitions and the state of the nation.
Israel can successfully invade Gaza, says former IDF general https://t.co/IUUVw4ppNC
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Criticizing the manner that the 2005 “disengagement” was implemented – Israel’s unilateral withdrawal of settlers from the Gaza Strip – Golan said it was nevertheless the right decision.
He said:
“In the first five years of the Second Intifada, 147 Israelis were killed in Gaza. Since 2005, 121 Israelis have been killed there, including all the soldiers who died in all military operations.”
IDF Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yair Golan says #Israel is refraining from a ground operation in #Gaza out of an overblown fear of casualties. https://t.co/LFswm4GRoz
— Jewish News Syndicate (@JNS_org) June 6, 2019
When asked why Israel does not invade the Gaza Strip, Golan replied:
“They’re afraid to fight. Afraid of casualties. It wouldn’t mean 500 dead. We give the enemy too much credit. Fighting in Gaza doesn’t come without a cost – fighting in an urban setting is fighting on the ground.”
“The assumption is that if we go into Gaza, we’ll be bogged down there for years, is wrong,” he added.
(Middle East Monitor, PC, Social Media)
