Defensive Shield Quotes

“An officer of the IDF is one who has been imprinted with a commitment to the State of Israel, the Israeli society, and the Jewish people. He is a person, a fighter, a thinker, a learner, a reader, and a writer. “Safra v’sayfa” – the book and the sword.”
― Gal Hirsch, Defensive Shield: An Israeli Special Forces Commander on the front line of counterterrorism

“I do not subscribe to the idea that a person must “take responsibility.” I do not need to take responsibility, for I have never given it away. The responsibility had always been mine – for my mission, my AOR , my subordinates, and for the civilians whom I fought to protect.”
― Gal Hirsch, Defensive Shield: An Israeli Special Forces Commander on the front line of counterterrorism