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b. Contextual effort includes actions taking place during routine periods as part of
the Operation Between Wars, and targets medium-term influence. The effort
promotes legitimacy for IDF military activity in a specific arena, and operation.
c. Post emergency or war effort – designed to affect the short term – promoting
legitimacy for further military action until its desirable conclusion– and the
medium and long term – preserving the campaign's strategic achievements and
the freedom of action to reactivate the forces in the arena if required.
Operations against Countries with no Common Borders
37. This operating outline is not the focus of this document, but will be mentioned, due
to its unique nature.
38. The desired achievement against countries with no joint borders will be based on
multi-dimensional ongoing operations. The purpose of which shall target limited
tangible goals to deter escalation.
39. This concept is based on actions carried out within the framework of the Operation
Between Wars supported by protracted intelligence gathering, by the aerial
dimension, in combination with the Special Forces. This action shall be based on
clandestine and covert actions, up to the use of offensive activity against enemy’s
force build up efforts, as well as decreasing its freedom of action, which will disrupt
and thwart its capabilities and intentions.
40. The guiding principles for the use of force are:
a.
Useful, accessible and precise intelligence at all levels of action required.
b.
Initiated and controlled operational actions, under the threshold of war, lasting
short periods of time.
c.
Offensive activity in the target country.
d.
Inter-organizational cooperation – operational and intelligence.
e.
International cooperation for intelligence purposes.
f.
International cooperation to preserve the legitimacy of the IDF's actions and
reduce the legitimacy of the enemy's actions.
g.
Continuous perceptional action to reduce enemy's legitimacy of action, its
freedom of action up to disrupting and thwarting of its initiatives.