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The division is about 12,000 to 14,000 elite troops and it will be backed up by dozens of tanks and, of course, artillery as well,
Militarily, they could select certain targets and kill certain people. But their goals are much broader than that. They are going in with a broad design for Gaza, for the West Bank, and now, clearly, for Lebanon,
It’s much more planned than it was in 2006, much more preparatory work, and Hezbollah has been degraded to a point they weren’t in 2006,
the Middle East security analyst told Al Jazeera If you’re Hezbollah, it doesn’t take many rockets to be fired into the north to make that too dangerous for the Israeli citizens to return,
Hezbollah has drones, too, and they can spot Israeli troop movements far better than they could in 2006,
So I don’t expect this to be a short swing through [Lebanon] and it certainly won’t be a cakewalk for the Israelis. It will be difficult. And the resistance to them in Lebanon will probably cause them to stick around whether they want to or not,
Hubris is a dangerous condition,
Gatopoulos said of the Israeli military [In ... In] your encounter with Hezbollah operatives, [you] will show them what it means to face a professional, highly skilled, and battle-experienced force,
he told a group of soldiers If you want to create a buffer zone you need to keep troops on the ground. And they become an ideal target,
All in all, the [Israeli military] failed, especially because of the conduct of the high command and the ground forces, to provide an effective military response to the challenge posed to it by the war in Lebanon,
Iran made a big mistake tonight and it will pay for it”.
For years, Israel has warned the world that Hezbollah is violating international law and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which prohibits the presence of armed militants and weapons in southern Lebanon. This was a resolution that the international community agreed on and Lebanon and UNIFIL failed to enforce,
The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran,
a senior White House official told the Washington Examiner Our soldiers entered Hezbollah's underground infrastructure; exposed Hezbollah's hidden weapons caches and seized and destroyed the weapons including advanced, Iranian-made weapons,
We will continue to hit Hezbollah ... the one who has a missile in his living room and a rocket in his home will not have a home,
Netanyahu said in a statement last month The elimination of Nasrallah is an important step, but it is not the final one,
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned on Monday It was now time to ensure that those displaced from the north would be able to return to their homes,
We fear a large-scale ground invasion by Israel into Lebanon would only result in greater suffering,
said UN human rights office spokeswoman Liz Throssell We should have a ceasefire now,
said Biden, whose government is Israel’s top arms provider Our war is with Hezbollah, not with the people of Lebanon,