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Israeli military sees no reaction to Syria strike

Israel doesn't expect a Syrian or Lebanese response to an airstrike in Syria attributed to Israel earlier this week since they are too tied up with that country's bloody civil war and can't afford to open another front, a senior Israeli military officer said Wednesday.

 

The officer said Hezbollah guerrillas had the capability, but not the motivation, at this time to harm Israel and there was no "logic" to picking a fight with Israel while it was knee-deep in battling a Sunni insurgency.

 

"I don't see any reason why in 2015 Hezbollah will turn to Israel, there is no logic to that way of thinking," he said in a briefing with reporters at military headquarters. "But if you are talking about capacity and the IDF should be ready to deal with any capability of any one of its enemies. The capability of Hezbollah is growing every year."

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.10.14, 17:06