[bybybill]

Maybe they`ll wear signs. Why tell the bad guys that you`re going to do something like this?

[LPStar]

I agree. This should not be in the news at all.

[woofer]

Maybe they`ll wear signs. Why tell the bad guys that you`re going to do something like this?

Perhaps the intention of announcing this is to throw the cloak of suspicion back onto the PA.

Heard the reports of what the palestinians do to their own if the suspect they are Israeli collaborators?

[Un669]

Why tell the bad guys that you`re going to do something like this?


It's not like the IDF didn't operate with undercover units in the Gaza Strip. The thing is that several different SF units were used for that, but none of them had the Gaza Strip as its main speciality. In these sort of operations it's important that the combatants know the area well, because sometimes things don't go out as planned.

Anyways, a new unit operating only in the Gaza Strip will not only have more experience in that area (and thus improve its chances of success), but will free the other units to concentrating on the West Bank.

This does not mean the Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip will intensify, the IDF didn't wake up today after 2 years of Intifada and say: "Hey, we need to operate in the Gaza Strip as well". Hope you understand this.

[archy]

Maybe they`ll wear signs. Why tell the bad guys that you`re going to do something like this?

Because for every one the Israelis apprehend, four others will be as nervous as cats in a room full of rocking chairs, concerned for their tails. And then they make mistakes, and drain otherwise available needed resources.

It's much the same approach as an occasional raid behind enemy lines, to force the posting of full-time guards at high alert. It drains energy. And it can also serve both as a nice diversion, and as an effective utilization of reservists with the skills required for such projects, particularly language and dialect.

-archy-/-