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IDF: "We Need Deterrence in Gaza"
(Ynet News) Hanan Greenberg - "It is a fact that we did manage to establish a certain level of deterrence in Gaza," a high-ranking Israel Air Force officer says. "Fatah is inactive, as is Hamas mostly. There is a very small group that still operates there. We must not create a situation in which we respond to each Kassam launched, but do something which will deter the terrorists." The officer described the sonic booms caused during aircraft flights over Gaza as "an effective non-lethal weapon" to help create deterrence. With regard to the threat of shoulder-fired, anti-aircraft missiles, the officer noted: "Today - in light of the smuggling through the breached southern border - I can say for certain that they have such missiles....We have updated our operative concept based on this assumption."