Foreign Policy: The concept of Israel’s “deterrence” was destroyed by Iran

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, an American publication In a report, Foreign Policy pointed to the failure of the Zionist regime in restoring its “deterrence” and announced that Iran, Lebanon and Gaza defeated Israel’s deterrence.

This American magazine with Pointing out that Israel had counted on its deterrence and that no side could target it, and the concept of deterrence has always dominated its security strategy since the establishment of the Israeli regime until now, he emphasized that the then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Israel said that “deterrence is Israel’s main weapon, which is fear of Israel.” Also, “Moshe Dayan”, the former Minister of War of Israel, said in one of his speeches about Israel’s deterrence that “Israel should be seen as a rabid and dangerous dog that no one dares to harass”.

Israel’s failure to restore its destroyed deterrence

Foreign Policy added, accordingly, after Operation 7 October 2023 (Battle of al-Aqsa Storm) Israel was in a position where it had to restore its deterrent power; The power that was lost after Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000. However, we saw that Israel’s war in Gaza failed, and despite the fact that Israel displayed all its military power, it could not restore its deterrence.

The report continues that the main reason for Israel’s failure to restore its deterrence is that it is still far from a major military victory against Hamas and dealing a blow to this movement. On the other hand, the Israeli army’s ground attacks on the Gaza Strip have faced strong international condemnations, and the damage caused by the Palestinian resistance elements to the Israeli army’s ground forces is alarming and high, and this issue has increased concerns about the weakness of the Israeli army’s ground forces. .

Israel’s deterrence under the feet of Hezbollah

American Foreign Policy Magazine He further pointed to Hezbollah’s performance in the Al-Aqsa storm battle against the Zionist army and declared that Israel failed to deliver the message of its power to its enemies, especially Hezbollah, and the opposite of this happened; Where Israel’s weakness and the erosion of its deterrence became apparent.

According to this article, Hezbollah and Israel have engaged in a direct conflict on the border between Lebanon and Israel (Occupied Palestine) since the beginning of the Gaza war, and Hezbollah has proven that it is committed to supporting the Palestinians and managing the conflict. In addition, Hezbollah managed to keep a large part of the Israeli army’s ground forces in the north of Israel (occupied Palestine); without entering into a large-scale war.

The mentioned American media continued, in addition, instead of retreating to the north of the Litani River, Hezbollah killed 80,000 Israeli settlers. In the northern front, he was forced to flee and these settlements were evacuated. Hezbollah also imposed its equation by creating a buffer zone inside Israel (Occupied Palestine), forcing Israel to create a security belt inside its front. In fact, by imposing its conditions and equation, Hizbollah made a serious insult to Israel’s deterrence, which even caused “Gershon Hakuhen”, the reserve general of the Israeli army, to describe the performance of this army on the northern front as shameful. Hakuhen said that it is actually Hizbollah that It is now deciding whether to stop the conflict or not.

Iran’s big blow to Israel’s fake deterrence

Foreign Policy magazine further pointed out and announced the retaliatory operations of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the Zionist regime inside the occupied territories, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus. He sought to intensify the pressure and show power and thought that Israel is still immune from punishment and will not receive an answer for this aggression, but the opposite happened.

Foreign Policy continued that, on the other hand, Israel’s response to Iran’s retaliatory operations was very disappointing; Both in terms of nature and in terms of drama, so that even the Minister of Internal Security of Netanyahu’s cabinet, Itmar Ben Goyer, considered this Israeli reaction to be ridiculous. Meanwhile, Iran managed to convey the message of its operation against Israel through various channels including the United Nations.

At the end of this report, it is stated Over the decades, we see that Israel’s strategic doctrine has disappeared under the control of the concept of “unique deterrence” or what Sharon described as “the region’s fear of Israel”, and after the flight of Iranian drones and missiles over Israel (Occupied Palestine), Israel It can no longer maintain the concept of “regional fear of Israel”. In general, the clear point is that Israel’s attempt to restore its security has not been successful.

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