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Ex-IAF Chief: Expect thousands of rockets on Israel in future war
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Hamas, Hezbollah, Israel 

The Israel Air Force's outgoing commander-in-chief has said that during a future war Israel's home front is likely to be bombarded with thousands of missiles and rockets in the possession of Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria.

Major General Eliezer Shkedi made the comments in an interview with Israel Radio which was aired Saturday. He also said that the strengthening of Syria and Hezbollah is very worrying.

Hezbollah guerillas fired some 4,000 Katyusha rockets at northern Israel throughout the Second Lebanon War in 2006.
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Shkedi told Israel Radio that during the war, Hezbollah attempted to launch armed drones which the IAF succeeded in downing. The threat of this form of attack still exists, he said, and while its answer is complicated the air force has improved its capability of discovering and identifying unmanned aerial vehicles.

The outgoing commander also noted that there is no complete solution to rocket fire, while adding that great efforts are being made in order to find a way to deal with the problem.

For over seven years, southern Israel has been pounded with rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, one such attack on a shopping mall in Ashkelon wounded around 90 people, four of whom seriously.

Shkedi also stated that Hamas routinely fires at IAF aircraft flying over Gaza and that his forces face a growing risk. The air force routinely carry out missile strikes against militants in Gaza.

So far, there was only a single incident earlier this year in which an IAF helicopter gunship was struck and damaged by Hamas fire.

However, Shkedi said that it is a "risk that is increasing all the time and they [Hamas] are firing at us all the time."

In a separate interview, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told Israel Radio that Hamas is rapidly arming itself. He said Hamas in Gaza has almost obtained the military capacity of a state, and asserted that Israel must destroy the militant group's arsenal.

Shkedi futher stated that the IAF has significantly improved its methods of targeting Gaza militants in that the number of civilians harmed in such strikes has greatly decreased. For every 24 terrorists killed from the air, he said, only one civilian is killed, as opposed to the ratio four years ago which was of one to one.

The incoming Israel Air Force Chief Major General Ido Nehushtan on Tuesday said that Sixty years after its establishment, the State of Israel is facing threats unlike any before, speaking during his inauguration ceremony at Ramat David Air Force base in the Jezreel Valley.


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