Gaza - Israel’s goals should be defined as follows:
In Gaza, it’s most important to bring about the release of the hostages by force or agreement
In parallel, the IDF needs to “produce” a kind of Area A from the entire Gaza Strip, similar to existing Area A territories in the West Bank although it’s not yet clear who will take the civilian role in Gaza
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It should be an Arab force that will contribute to rehabilitation, clearing the area of weapons and different education – but security control will remain with the IDF However there will be no Israeli settlement in the Strip
Lebanon - two achievements must be secured:
In Lebanon, Southern Lebanon must be an area with no Hezbollah personnel and no Hezbollah infrastructure—a “buffer zone” mostly without residents and without any entity threatening Israel
Amidror believes, the IDF will oversee this as UNIFIL is an organization without capability
The buffer zone’s purpose is to prevent flat-trajectory fire toward Israeli settlements and to push Hezbollah’s ground forces beyond the range capable of surprising in the style of October 7
In Lebanon as a whole, the Air Force needs to hit Hezbollah’s firepower and infrastructure severely
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This is until the organization is reduced to such a low threat level that it allows the creation of a free operation space for the Air Force in an area including both Syria and Lebanon
The goal after the war is to continue degrading Hezbollah’s capabilities and not allow it to strengthen
Syria - free operation space for the IAF:
What the IDF did in Syria in the last dozen years needs to be done in the future in both countries as one (extended campaign between wars)
In Syria, any discovered Iranian infrastructure must be hit and Assad must be brought to reduce or give up Iranian presence significantly
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Israel shouldn’t take it upon itself to deal with the Houthi threat or enter a mess with Iraq, despite Iranian militias occasionally operating against it from Iraqi territory
Iraq - warning! operating against Israel:
It’s better to make clear to the Iraqi government that Iraq will pay the price for hosting Iranians operating against Israel
Two or three covert operations against economically significant Iraqi facilities will do the desired
Yemen - infrastructure targets:
In Yemen, more infrastructure targets should be treated like the Hodeidah port but no more than that
Iran - multi-year challenge:
Iran is a great challenge for the future, a multi-year challenge
The latest attack in Iran was a correct step for now but facing the Iranian challenge, Israel will need to organize itself differently As long as this regime remains in Iran, Israel will know no rest as its commitment to destroy Israel is genuine and sincere
