2012/01/24 by Niccolò Petrelli · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Intelligence, Security, War Strategy #Military History and Strategy #International Relations and Foreign Policy
paper · doi:10.1080/09592318.2012.632853
openalex publication_date 2012/01/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
In the course of the 2006 Lebanon War the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employed special operations forces (SOF) for raids against Hizb'allah's command and control structure. This article argues that a faulty conceptualization of the value of special operations and misguided expectations determined by the new IDF concept of operations impacted adversely on the employment of SOF for this kind of operations. Both these elements contributed in turn to substantially degrade SOF performance in the context of the war.