Aerial bombardments are time-consuming and are not an effective way of restoring Israel’s deterrence against Hamas, the former head of the IOF Ground Forces warned Tuesday.

“The next round (of fighting in Gaza) is very near,” Maj. Gen. (res.) Guy Tzur told Ynet. “Our experience shows that just aerial activity takes a very long time, and in general does not restore deterrence.”

For his part, the Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett said that a ceasefire with Hamas mean that ‘Israel’ is rewarding what he described as ‘terror’.

Source: Ynet