Lebanon : Israel will invade Lebnon after the inevitable collapse of Syria and “the damage will be enormous,” a senior officer told Haaretz Thursday.
IDF Brig.-Gen. Herzi Halevy said that, “The destruction will be greater in Lebanon than in Israel and the amount of explosives which will fall there will be far more than what will fall here, We will need to be strong and aggressive.”
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| Destruction of Beirut by IDF |
He said that the blame for the coming Israeli invasion will be attributed to Hezbollah due to the Shi’ite paramilitary organization’s establishment of bases in villages and towns located in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah was organized in response to 18 years of Israeli military occupation of southern Lebanon. It has since established itself as a major political broker with veto power in Lebanon’s parliament and control of eleven of thirty seats in the cabinet.
Israel claims Syria is transferring missiles and chemicals weapons to Hezbollah. Israel has indicated it is prepared to use military force to prevent Hezbollah from obtaining Syria’s weaponry.
Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, head of the Israel’s Northern Command said that “the IDF is preparing seriously and professionally for another Lebanon war. The response will need to be sharper, harder, and in some ways very violent.”
“The Goldstone report will pale in comparison to what will be here next time,” Halevy warned, referring to the 2009 UN report documenting Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, also known as the Gaza Massacre, was later determined to be a serious violation of international humanitarian law.
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| Invasion of Lebanon |
The July, 2006 invasion of Lebanon killed over six thousand people and displaced nearly a million. Israel, with the active support of the United States, decided to invade the country and destroy Hezbollah, which receives support from Syria. Israel did not manage to decisively defeat the popular Shi’ite group and retreated the following month.
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