(Ynet News) Col. Richard Kemp - Israel's Operation Shield and Arrow has been carried out to date with breathtaking effectiveness. The shield of Iron Dome and David's Sling have prevented major loss of life among the civilian population. The arrows of target intelligence, air strikes and missile attacks have decimated the Gaza terrorist leadership and destroyed many of their weapons. No other military is capable of defending its people with the ferocity and precision the IDF has been showing. While UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that civilian deaths in Gaza are "unacceptable," the IDF is known by all Western military commanders to be more effective than any other force in the world in preventing the deaths of civilians in enemy territory. Knowing the IDF as I do, I can be confident that they are closely adhering to - and going beyond - international laws of war in this conflict. Islamic Jihad, behind the present violence, is an Iranian proxy, bought and paid for by Tehran. The ayatollahs are intent on the destruction of Israel. They have been encircling Israel with weapons and fighters. In Lebanon, they have positioned tens of thousands of missiles and UAVs, including precision-guided systems. In Syria, they have been working to build another front for attack. In Judea and Samaria, Iranian proxies have been fomenting, funding, and directing violent attacks against civilians and military. Iran should be branded for what it is, condemned, isolated and comprehensively sanctioned. The writer, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, was chairman of the UK's national crisis management committee, COBRA.
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