Fighting Kassam rocket attacks from Gaza is a complex and monumentally difficult task, according to Chief Intelligence Officer Brig.-Gen. Yuval Halamish.

"This is a close threat that has an impact on the home front as well as national morale" said Halamish, who added that Israel's ability to deal with it "is difficult to almost impossible in certain places."

Halamish made the remarks in a speech on the use of Electro-optics on the future battlefield during a conference at Tel Aviv University.