The IDF Home Front Command’s Southern Branch will respond to internal security incidents such as riots faster and more accurately during future military operations.
During Operation Guardian of the Walls in May, riots broke out in mixed Arab-Jewish cities such as Lod and Jaffa, as well as in the South where Bedouin threw rocks at cars driving along the highways.
Two people were killed in Lod: Yigal Yehoshua was killed after being stoned by Arab rioters, and Mussa Hassuna was shot dead by Jewish vigilantes. Several civilians were injured, including Saeed Moussa, who was seriously injured after he was attacked by a mob in Bat Yam.
“What bothered me the most was seeing issues that we did not anticipate,” said Col. Sagi Baruch, who has headed the command’s southern branch for the past year and a half. “Our goal is to prepare a response to the challenge before it arrives. I do not know when the next operation will be, but hopefully, we will be able to improve and be faster and more accurate on the topic of internal security and other vulnerabilities.”
According to Baruch, the command is “constantly dealing with information to improve and see how we can be more accurate.”
Those vulnerabilities, he said, include people with disabilities, and those who do not have a family or anyone to turn to during emergency situations such as a war.
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