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The Military Battle Against Terrorism: Direct Contact vs. Standoff Warfare
(Strategic Assessment/Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies-Tel Aviv University) Gabriel Siboni - Technological advances in long-distance precision strike abilities led the IDF to develop and exercise a range of abilities in the latest conflict against Palestinian terrorist elements in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. However, "standoff warfare" should not be expected to provide a complete answer to the challenges of terrorism. The continued terrorist activity and high trajectory weapons fire from Gaza prove this all too clearly. Only if we are wise enough to develop balanced fighting capabilities based on constant assessments of their operational effectiveness will it be possible to maximize terror fighting abilities and reduce terror to a reasonable level.