Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, during a meeting with high school students in Bat Yam Wednesday, stated that he does not "want a soldier to empty a magazine on a girl with scissors."

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Eisenkot discussed the various threats to the state, the rules of engagement during the current wave of terrorism and the subject of women in the military service. "We are dealing with four major threats today," he enumerated. "Against conventional armies, which we have not confronted since 1973; the second threat is the Iranians; the threat of non-state terrorist organizations and the fourth threat is cyberspace."

Chief of Staff Eisenkot in Bat Yam. (Photo: Moti Kimchi)

"Terrorism has accompanied Israeli society all throughout the years and knifings are nothing new. Young men and women in their teens, singles, most of them educated and not from poor families, pick up knives and carry out attacks," Eisenkot explained.

Eisenkot refered to Islamic State and its influence on the wave of terrorism in the country."There are mutual influences between ISIS in the Middle East to what is happening here. There are 10,000 to 15,000 young people who have left Europe to fight for the same idea. In the past, we worked against terrorist organizations with explosives manufacturers and terror laboratories. Knives, however, are found in every kitchen and in every home. The aim of terrorism is to spread fear and terror among the public, its success is in preventing citizens from going about their everyday routines."

Chief of Staff Eisenkot,"the IDF does not operate according to slogans such as 'if someone comes to kill you, kill him first'" (Photo: Motti Kimchi)