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November 14, 2016

Why the IDF Needs to Build Up Its Ground Forces

The new threats are neither guerrillas nor conventional armies, but something in-between.

Surveying the relationship between ground and air combat in Israeli strategy from the War of Independence until the present, and examining the threats currently facing the Jewish state, Eado Hecht and Eitan Shamir argue that Israel is overly reliant on airpower and long-range artillery, and needs to expand its ability to operate on land. In particular, they see the IDF as unready for “medium-intensity warfare” with organizations like Hizballah, Nusra Front, or Islamic State (IS). There is also the very real possibility that Hamas could imitate IS or Nusra Front tactics by trying to conduct large-scale, simultaneous raids deep into Israeli territory:

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November 14, 2016

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