The “Terms of Gideon” is the business that launched the Israel against Hamas in Gauzeaccording to a confidential document, failed.
According to the classified Israeli army (IDF) document distributed to the armed forces by the military operation “Gideon’s tanks”, the large -scale attack launched by the Israeli army against Hamas in May, did not succeed them in May.
According to a part of the document released by Channel 12, the military operation did not achieve any of its goals, namely the overthrow of Hamas military or the release of hostages.
The Chief of the Israeli Armed Forces, Eyal Zamir, and other senior officers have publicly praised the operation, but the internal evaluation explicitly states that “Israel made every possible mistake” during the campaign.
In this assessment, the army is accused of acting “unlike its own military doctrine”, providing within the enemy through humanitarian aid.
He also failed to impose time pressure, with mismanagement of resources and ultimately exhaustion of his forces, while eroding international support.
The document also states that Hamas at the same time enjoyed all the necessary conditions to survive, showing that she records success, detaching resources, securing territories through an appropriate battle method.
As is emphasized, Israel’s dependence on “the logic of deterrence rather than the decisive victory” pursuing a ceasefire and hostage release with Hamas – and the “inability” to design and distribute aid, which, as he says, allowed Hamas to “successfully”.
The IDFs are criticized for repeated maneuvering in the same areas slowly, giving priority to avoid victims against the success of the mission, according to a document cited by Times of Israel.
As the main reasons for failure, he adds wear and tear, and bad preparation for guerrilla warfare.