Taufan Al-Aqsa Operation and its Role in Undermining Deterrence Strategy Credibility in the Zionist Regime
Keywords:
Taufan Al-Aqsa, undermining, credibility, deterrence, Zionist regime, strategyAbstract
The well planned and executed operation of Taufan Al-Aqsa showed the credibility undermining of Israeli deterrence strategy that is considered to be the basis for protecting the strategic depth, as well as, a major support for the theory of impenetrable Israeli security as stated by the political institutions of the Zionist regime, the gains achieved by the resistance had proven the idea of fortifying the Zionist regime military and security wise from any violations has ideal dimensions that has no relation to reality. As evidence, operation Taufan Al-Aqsa –which was considered to be an interpretation for Freeing the land and a victory for the oppressed and prisoners of the Palestinian people- has proven for the first time after the 1973 war that the Zionist regime with all its strength, support of the western countries, and its evolution of military equipment, it is much weaker that the stereotype that its leadership boasted about, as well as being an undefeatable country, which has been entrenched in the Arab leaders' perception and convictions as a first step in accepting the reality of recognizing and accepting its existence, by imposing a normalization policy that aims at isolating the Palestinian resistance, which sees the Zionist regime as an usurper of the holy land in Palestine. This matter is a reason for jihad against him and the possibility of defeating him and regaining the occupied land.
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