For Gaza’s postwar future, settlement means security
After his 2017 retirement from active service, in 2020 he founded the IDSF, an organization of mainly high-ranking former IDF officers that is known for its hawkish orientation. He paid a visit to the Gaza Envelope just before last Simchas Torah and came away with a feeling of unease, which he shared with his former colleagues in the defense establishment. Now, as he observes the progress of the war, the lack of evident Hamas capitulation again has him feeling that something isn’t right in.
Avivi sat with Mishpacha to discuss the dispute over the Philadelphi Corridor, share his views on when the war will end, and what the day after in Gaza should look like.
On Chol Hamoed Succos, I visited the Gaza Envelope region with my family. The skies were clear, the weather was pleasant, and the timing seemed perfect. We were walking in the area of Kibbutz Mefalsim, and a close friend who’s a member of the Bit’chonistim and a senior reserve officer in the Gaza Division invited us to join his family for a barbecue at their place on Kibbutz Sa’ad.
When we arrived, I found another colleague there who’s also a senior officer in the Southern Command. As we were eating, I asked him, “Nu, what’s with all the demonstrations on the fence? What kind of trouble is brewing with that?”
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