Israel Prepares for `Inevitable’ Lebanon War with Trepidations
Israel is now preparing for what IDF officials believe is an
“inevitable” new Lebanon War to pre-empt Hezbollah attacks on Israel
that could include ground incursions into the north of the country by
the Lebanon-based Shi’ite militia. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, who was the head
of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman) until
mid-September has been assigned to head Israel’s Northern Command.
Kochavi had come under criticism for failing to provide in-depth advance
intelligence on Hamas’ elaborate underground maze of Gaza tunnels that
enabled the group to survive Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge”
largely intact. In his defense, Aman officials argued that they placed
much greater priority on dealing with the Hezbollah threat to the north.
Kochavi is recognized as one of Israel’s pre-eminent specialists on
Hezbollah.
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