Figure 2 below summarises the key event markers before the commencement of operations and the outcomes of the IDF strategy. [...] Israel planned to protect its population via a combination of bomb shelters and the Iron The effectiveness of the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System, which successfully Dome also signalled over- intercepted 90 per cent of the rockets.⁸ Following the reliance on the system for 2014 conflict, Israel set out to neutralise the tunnel air defence and the growing threat. [...] The effectiveness of the Iron Dome also signalled over- reliance on the system for air defence and the growing capability of Hamas to saturate the system in future. [...] In just the first week of the conflict, the air force engaged thousands of targets in Gaza. [...] Through the rapid and automatic extraction of intelligence, the Gospel produced targeting recommendations “with the goal of a complete match between the recommendation of the machine and the identification carried out by a person.”⁹ As per the data released by the IDF in November last year, during the first 35 days of the war, Israel attacked 15,000 targets in Gaza, a considerably higher number 03.
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Table of Contents
- Wg Cdr Amit Gaur 1
- Air Power in IDF Military Strategy 1
- Shifting Sands of Conflict 1
- Israels security strategy was shaped by 1
- Operation Cast Lead 2008 2
- Figure 1 Op Cast Lead 2008 3
- Operation Pillar of Defence 2012 3
- Figure 2 Op Pillar of Defence 2012 4
- Operation Protective Edge 2014 4
- Figure 3 Op Protective Edge 2014 5
- Operation Guardian of the Walls 2021 5
- The effectiveness of the Iron 5
- Dome also signalled over- 5
- Figure 4 Op Guardian of The Walls 2021 6
- Operation Iron Hand 2023 6
- Exploitation of Air Defence Shortcomings against Saturation 7
- Unrestrained Application of Offensive Air Power 7
- Joint Operations 7
- Targeting Network-Centric and AI-Enabled 7
- Figure 5 AI Enabled Targeting 2014 vs 2023 8
- Challenges for Future 8
- Targeting Dual-Use Infrastructure 8
- Air Defence Saturation 8
- Israel failed to comprehend the 8
- Sustenance of War Efforts 9
- Collateral Damage 9
- Conclusion 9