Kochavi: The IDF is preparing itself for Operation Fences Keeper 2

Kochavi: The IDF is preparing itself for Operation Fences Keeper 2

Israeli media reported today, Tuesday, that the Israeli Chief of Staff, Aviv Kohavi, met with American generals before leaving Israel for America next Saturday.


The Israeli newspaper "Maariv" said that Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi met yesterday with former US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Francis Dunford and 10 other retired generals, who are visiting Israel as part of a delegation of JINSA, a non-partisan organization that deals with public policy issues in the States. United. 


The meeting discussed the lessons and lessons learned from Operation "Guardian of the Fences" and the Iranian context, the nuclear agreement and its potential impact on the local scene in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip . The premise is that retired generals have an influence on the current US administration.   


Today, Dunford and the retired generals will meet with the generals of the Israeli General Staff, and Kohavi will depart on Saturday evening for a visit to the United States, which was postponed due to the previous military operation. 


Yesterday, Kochavi held a meeting with officers of the rank of battalion and brigade commanders, as part of an operational forum for learning at the end of Operation Fences Keeper.Kochavi announced during the meeting: "We are preparing ourselves for ´Fences Keeper 2´ if this is required. What was yesterday is not what will be." The last military operation. 


"We will use force in the right place and when needed," Kohavi told the officers. "During the last operation, there was no need for that, and we will use force when it is feasible. That was a decision." 


It is noteworthy that the state of tension returned again between the Palestinian factions and Israel against the backdrop of the provocative flags march today in the city of Jerusalem , where several incendiary balloons were launched from the Gaza Strip, which resulted in many fires in the Gaza envelope.