The occupying power used to take into account a number of foundations in its security policy against its enemies. It had sophisticated intelligence services as one of these foundations.
It is known that the importance of these devices is to provide their leadership with prior warnings that allow them to confront any aggression by calling up reserve forces, equipping weapons of all kinds, and preparing the home front to repel any missile attacks in the event of such a threat.
However, what we witnessed on October 7, 2023 proved the failure of this basis, when the Palestinian resistance factions launched a military operation with a rocket attack towards the southern, northern and eastern settlements, coinciding with a ground incursion by their members via four-wheel drive cars and motorcycles, in addition to gliders, where they took control of a number of sites in the settlements surrounding Gaza.
Another foundation is the so-called deterrent army. I mentioned in a previous article entitled “Asymmetrical War” that the nature and form of wars waged by the occupying power have changed, as it does not face a state or an army, but rather faces armed factions in its wars. The occupation army went through such confrontations in its invasion of Lebanon in 1982, during which it lost its deterrence capacity when it faced small units of fighters. The hatred was repeated later in all its wars until today 2023-2024 in its war on Gaza, and here it is losing its deterrence and incurring losses at all levels.
Another basis is pre-emptive strike. It has been successful in its previous wars such as the war on Egypt 56 and the Six-Day War. Today, it has failed to win the pre-emptive strike because, as mentioned, it was the share of the Palestinian factions.
One of the foundations on which the occupying power relies in winning battles is the rapid war. They are obliged to have the capacity to quickly resolve any war they fight. This is because they call up reserves and recruit them, which would affect their economy, so no war should last more than twenty days.
Today, the occupying power has exceeded one hundred days in its war on Gaza, which means that it has added another failure and collapse in the basis on which it relies in its security system.
Another basis is the destruction of the adversary’s rockets before they reach their targets, but we have seen how Iron Dome has partially failed to counter the rockets of the Palestinian resistance.
The last basis is its resort to the use of nuclear weapons, which the occupying power has not yet tried and whose use is still in the foggy outlook.