In August 2015, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), for the first time, published its strategy in an
official document. It introduced, inter alia, the concept of a “Campaign between the Wars”
(CBW, or mabam in its Hebrew acronym). CBW’s goal, as one analyst has described it, “is to
constantly preserve the balance of regional trends in Israel’s favor.” CBW involves taking
preventive actions, particularly covert and clandestine operations, to regularly weaken
enemy capabilities and prevent the acquisition of advanced capabilities with the aims of
delaying war, strengthening deterrence, and creating optimal conditions for the IDF in the
event of actual war. This month’s IDF operation against the Hamas organization in the Gaza
Strip is not part of CBW, but its actions have saved Israel more lethal casualties (by thwarting
Hamas attempts to acquire precision-guided missiles) and caused significant damage to
Hamas (by intelligence operations that enabled targeting tunnel infrastructure and missile-
launching sites).
2015 年 8 月，以色列国防军 （IDF） 首次在官方文件中公布了其战略。除其他外，它引入
了“两次战争之间的战役”（CBW，或希伯来语首字母缩略词mabam）的概念。正如一位分析
人士所描述的那样，CBW的目标是“不断保持有利于以色列的地区趋势平衡”。生化武器涉及采
取预防措施，特别是秘密和秘密行动，以定期削弱敌人的能力并防止获得先进能力，目的是延
迟战争，加强威慑，并在发生实际战争时为以色列国防军创造最佳条件。本月以色列国防军在
