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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-861842
The IDF's New Strategy: All Borders Must Have Buffer Zones, Defense Achieved through Offense
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The IDF General Staff on Monday conducted a full strategic review of security challenges facing Israel. Among the most important conclusions was that all of Israel's borders must have a built-in buffer zone. The military has also adopted a policy of preemptive offense to achieve most of its defensive needs. Currently, IDF forces periodically attack hostile forces in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon to prevent them from reconstituting into the larger threats they posed before the war. The IDF goal in Gaza is to completely disrupt any military rehabilitation by Hamas. In Lebanon, it is trying to keep Hizbullah completely out of southern Lebanon. In Syria, the IDF is trying to keep Syrian military forces out of a buffer zone.