October 7 exposed the need for a new Israeli security doctrine

The October 7 attacks exposed the failure of Israel's security doctrine, which had become overly reliant on surveillance, static defenses, and missile interception, effectively turning Israel into a fortress that cedes initiative to adversaries. The article argues for a new operational instrument, a "Tzahal Expeditionary Command (TEC)," to bridge the gap between special operations and full-scale war. TEC would be a permanent joint command designed to deploy limited but powerful forces beyond Israel's immediate borders, integrating various capabilities to disrupt enemy systems and displace the battlefield away from the Israeli home front. This would allow Israel to target peripheral ports, supply routes, and command nodes, thereby fracturing the siege architecture before it can close around Israel. The author states, "The battlefield must be displaced away from the Israeli home front, and the enemy must be forced to defend what it values." This new command would also provide a necessary deterrence layer against Turkey's expanding regional influence and give military substance to alliances with Greece and Cyprus, ensuring that "deterrence is not a declaration of war. It is the creation of options that convince a rival that coercion will fail and escalation will carry costs."