Baruch Yedid
JNS, June 20, 2023
“The Palestinians are learning the modus operandi of the IDF. It’s a basic concept of warfare not to do something twice, or, of course, the same thing three times. If you do something again and again in the same specific way, the enemy will adapt. That’s the real story here.”
The use of a specialized 88-pound bomb in an ambush of Israeli soldiers in Jenin on Monday indicates an escalation of Palestinian terror, at least according to Palestinian leaders. But one Israeli analyst is questioning that thinking.
Seven Israeli soldiers were injured by an explosive buried under the road during an arrest raid in the northern Samarian city. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the bomb was considerably larger than those normally used by Palestinian terror factions. The Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for placing the bomb.
After the explosion, the IDF was forced to call in an airstrike by an Apache gunship to cover the evacuation of the wounded. It was the first time since 2002 that the military used combat helicopters to carry out air strikes in Judea and Samaria.
The terror groups of Jenin and northern Samaria, it has emerged, have gained experience in identifying IDF weak points, mapping out expected routes and waiting areas, and using more sophisticated explosives. Cameras have also been stationed to monitor targeted vehicles.
The Palestinian Authority governor of Jenin, Akram Rajoub, told the Tazpit Press Service that “resistance to the IDF is increasing and the armed squads are gaining a lot of experience, and it seems that they have located the IDF’s weak points.”
PIJ Secretary General Ziad al-Nakhla said from Iran on Monday that the battle in Jenin “is of great importance, because despite the modest abilities, the heroes of Jenin proved their high ability.”
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