Military historian Aryeh Yitzchaki of Kfar Yam in Gaza personally investigated last night\'s murderous attack, and found that there were serious faults in the way the army handled it. He told Arutz-7 today,
\"The problem stems first of all from this ridiculous overpass that they are trying to build for us. We are against it and are fighting against it, and now, even before it is even up, it has already cost one life. The planners didn\'t take into account that terrorists would be able to come up behind the entry ramp all the way to the road - and this is what happened last night. The ramp, a large dirt hill, prevents the soldiers from seeing the entire area.
\"The terrorist took advantage of the large \'blind spot,\' and crawled all the way up to the road, then stood between the concrete barriers and began firing. First he shot at a bulletproof bus, but no one was hurt. Then he started shooting at a convoy of cars, and continued doing so for 12 full minutes, including at the rescue forces that arrived very quickly, within five minutes, from Gush Katif, and at the ambulances evacuating the wounded. All this time, the army simply did not function and there was total bedlam. Many army forces were in the vicinity. Only when the Golani Brigade Commander arrived - he was in the vicinity for another reason - did he take charge and liquidated the terrorist. One explanation for this absurdity is that the terrorist wore an IDF uniform and so our soldiers hesitated to fire upon him. But this makes no sense, since they saw him shooting wildly... To our great sorrow, someone there did not do the job of taking charge...
\"Regarding the bridge: It\'s true that the army might now make some changes that will enable it to observe the entire area, but the bridge itself will attract terrorist attacks, as anyone with even a little military experience can see. It need not only be shooting, but bombs underneath the bridge and other methods of mass slaughter...
\"Until now, the situation has been fine; there have been no attacks for months, and no terrorists have been able to get to this spot. Once they started working on the bridge, things changed. The bridge will not only attract more attacks, but it also solves nothing. The army answers all our questions by saying that they will supply the answers later; this was a political decision in response to the U.S. The army feels that this is the worst possible solution, but it\'s the cheapest... The work has stopped, by order of the Prime Minister, but if it continues, we will simply stop it with our bodies. We will not allow this bridge to be built.\"
\"The problem stems first of all from this ridiculous overpass that they are trying to build for us. We are against it and are fighting against it, and now, even before it is even up, it has already cost one life. The planners didn\'t take into account that terrorists would be able to come up behind the entry ramp all the way to the road - and this is what happened last night. The ramp, a large dirt hill, prevents the soldiers from seeing the entire area.
\"The terrorist took advantage of the large \'blind spot,\' and crawled all the way up to the road, then stood between the concrete barriers and began firing. First he shot at a bulletproof bus, but no one was hurt. Then he started shooting at a convoy of cars, and continued doing so for 12 full minutes, including at the rescue forces that arrived very quickly, within five minutes, from Gush Katif, and at the ambulances evacuating the wounded. All this time, the army simply did not function and there was total bedlam. Many army forces were in the vicinity. Only when the Golani Brigade Commander arrived - he was in the vicinity for another reason - did he take charge and liquidated the terrorist. One explanation for this absurdity is that the terrorist wore an IDF uniform and so our soldiers hesitated to fire upon him. But this makes no sense, since they saw him shooting wildly... To our great sorrow, someone there did not do the job of taking charge...
\"Regarding the bridge: It\'s true that the army might now make some changes that will enable it to observe the entire area, but the bridge itself will attract terrorist attacks, as anyone with even a little military experience can see. It need not only be shooting, but bombs underneath the bridge and other methods of mass slaughter...
\"Until now, the situation has been fine; there have been no attacks for months, and no terrorists have been able to get to this spot. Once they started working on the bridge, things changed. The bridge will not only attract more attacks, but it also solves nothing. The army answers all our questions by saying that they will supply the answers later; this was a political decision in response to the U.S. The army feels that this is the worst possible solution, but it\'s the cheapest... The work has stopped, by order of the Prime Minister, but if it continues, we will simply stop it with our bodies. We will not allow this bridge to be built.\"