IMRA Weekly Commentary..
20 October '18..
Link: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=73375
Israeli intelligence has devoted considerable resources to maintaining the "target bank" - a detailed listing that includes the location of every known rocket and other weapon system in the Gaza Strip as well as the location of every known facility engaged in manufacturing these weapons.
To date the Israeli policymakers have declined to order the destruction of these targets.
This is most likely out of concern for the collateral damage that would be associated with hitting targets either protected by human shields or located within sensitive targets such a hospitals, schools, mosques. etc.
To put it brutally: it would appear that Israeli policymakers are convinced that it would take an Israeli bloodbath to justify a truly effective IDF operation against these targets.
And in the absence of an Israeli bloodbath, Israel's goal is limited to "restoring deterrence" = Hamas keeps on arming itself with even more advanced weapons but declines to use them against the Jewish State for a period of time.
Yes. It would be naïve and irresponsible to suggest that an effective IDF operation against the targets would not have serious consequences.
But the public deserves to know these assessments.
It has frequently turned out that the Israeli street has been considerably more willing to bear the costs of military operations than the policymakers anticipated.
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