●The "Dahiya doctrine": Eisenkot threatens every village rockets are fired from

In an interview with "Yedioth Ahronoth" at the start of October 2008, the Israeli Northern Command chief Gadi Eisenkot said that what happened to the southern suburbs in 2006 would happen "to every village from which fire is opened on Israel", and "we will use disproportionate force and cause immense damage and destruction", adding that this was "not a recommendation but an approved plan". The statement became a declared doctrine targeting the resistance's civilian environment.