"It is in the Gaza sector undermining Hamas tunnels." My friend Sergei stands by the sea in the Israeli city of Ashdod, 40 kilometers from Gaza, and he answers my question that it is for the rhythmic deaf sounds from the south.
The conversation took place at the end of July 2014. My wife and I have just come to Ashdod to visit friends who have long been invited to ourselves. Tickets to Israel were taken in advance. And it turned out that we suddenly got into another from one ATO. Although, if you look objectively, it is still an exaggeration. After all, it was officially started on April 13, the ATO in Ukraine has not yet affected our everyday life in Kiev.
Unlike ATO in Israel. On July 7, 2014, the Israeli Army launched an anti -terrorist operation "Safe Rock". Its purpose was to destroy Hamas's military infrastructure in the Gaza sector and prevent Israeli missile firing.
We arrived three weeks after the start of this operation. The Operation of the Israeli Army Tsakhal in Gaza was in full swing. Hamas was constantly receiving missile shelling on Israel. Therefore, every day of our stay in Ashdod, we, as locals, had to hide from missiles flying from the Gaza. And the Iron Dome did not knock them down in Ashkelone.
Ashdod is the second big city in the north, along the sea, after the Gaza sector, after Ashkelone. The latter, of course, got a lot more. But when the rockets came to Ashdod, we had to hide somewhere from rockets under the wildly wicked Israeli aircraft "This Adom". Then it was a new, still unknown experience.
In the intermediate result of the struggle against Hamas terrorists, the Israeli army then managed to destroy the tunnels and to stop regular rocket launchers from the Gaza Sector. On August 26, 2014, the anti -terrorist operation ended in Israel. Unlike Ukrainian - we had it until April 2018, after which it gradually went into the operation of the United forces.
… More than nine years have passed after that momentous trip to Ashdod. And it is strange that you would not want to worry. In the summer of 2014 in Ashdod, every morning began with news about the ATO - first in Ukraine, then - in Israel. And from October 7, every morning began to read news about the war in Ukraine first, and then - news about the war in Israel.
Everything is repeatedly complicated by the fact that then these were two completely separate military operations. Now - different fronts of the Third World War. And unlike our front, which is very stable, the situation with Israeli surgery in gas is much more dangerous. Because it can lead to a real explosion.
Therefore, Israel has not yet started a land surgery in the Gaza sector. He is preparing for it. It expects the right moment and coordinates its actions with the United States. In order to achieve their goals as effectively as possible. As a result, the underground Carthage of terrorists in the sector will be destroyed and Hamas will lose control of gas.
