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IDF Commander Learns to Manage Gaza Border Riots
(Maariv-Jerusalem Post) Tal Lev Ram - IDF Lt.-Col. Avi Marciano, a Golani Brigade commander who just completed four months of securing the Gaza border, says it is a challenge to deal with the riots on Fridays. "You have to manage it and not let it manage you." The soldiers in the field receive clear instructions. "When there is a life-threatening event, of course, the threat is removed. The differences between different situations are very clear to the soldiers." "We talk to them directly at the beginning of operational deployment, explaining...in what situation they shoot and when they don't; what are the conditions for shooting; and who is the commander who approves the shooting and the target....Over time, you know how to characterize the people who are on the other side." "The achievements required from us are very clear: to prevent penetration into Israeli territory, to prevent damage to the fence, but also to minimize damage to the other side. At the end of the day, it is mainly teenagers and children, and we have no intention or interest to unnecessarily hurt them. We're not like that."