Coordination Among IDF Air, Ground Forces Key as Terror Armies Become Better Armed
27th July 2021
The chief of staff of the Israeli military, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, often describes the armed Islamist organizations situated on Israel’s borders as “terror armies.” They target civilians indiscriminately just like other terrorist entities do, yet unlike other terror groups, they also control territory, and have developed into organized, hierarchical, structured fighting forces. Hizballah, Hamas, and Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias in Syria and Iraq all have weapons arsenals and their own combat doctrines, much like the armies of states.
A core part of their combat doctrines involves embedding their forces and rocket launchers deep in crowded civilian areas, using them as firing centers to rain down projectile fire on Israeli cities, and using the people who live there as human shields to limit the IDF’s counter-action options.