Caroline spoke with reserve Lt. Col. Yaron Buskila, operations officer for the Gaza Division of the Israel Defense Forces. Buskila shared his first-person account of the battle at division headquarters on Oct. 7.
They spoke of the gap between the Southern Command’s understanding of Hamas’s intentions and preparations for a worst-case scenario, and the far worse scenario that unfolded following the terrorist attacks.
Buskila and Caroline also discuss the IDF’s operations in both northern and southern Gaza; the challenge of defeating Hamas as it continues to hold hundreds of mostly civilian hostages; the imperative of victory in the north against Hezbollah; and other key issues related to “Operation Swords of Iron.”
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