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Destroying Hezbollah’s tunnels: an operation years in the making
Alex Fishman
Published: 14.12.18, 23:22
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1. During 2006 war, tunnels were located all over S. Lebanon...
Tunnel Vision ,   The North-South   (12.15.18)
this reader just assumed a massive tunneling operation was under way with the intent being to burrow into Israel. IDF statements indicating that the soils of the north weren't conducive to tunneling into Israel were total nonsense. How could they tunnel all over south Lebanon and just magically stop at the border? Lol. The probability of finding all the tunnels is likely low and Merkava tanks are certainly no help for fighting underground. It is my sincere hope that Israeli special operations are being conducted on the Lebanese side of the border because this strictly defensive posture the IDF has adopted as of late isn't getting to the root of the tactical problem.
2. israeli strategy
jay   (12.15.18)
stop falling victim to Hezbollah propaganda. yes, they are the top fighting force in the Arab world. but Israeli strategy lacks in 2 areas-

it has not as yet stockpiled thousands of land missiles to equalize the terror equation.

temporary evacuation of some towns in the north is not a great idea. rather the civilian element in the north should be full miiltarized with shelters, rockets and kornet equivalents to block nasrollah. and israeli land forces should be launching into lebanon to go for the throat early. and to annex part of lebanon to israel

Lieberman has attempted to set up a missile force but it is going too slowly. stop with your over dependence on the air force.\

as bennett and feiglin have stated, it is time to go on the offensive, and not like bibi does, hide sweating behind fences.

I would order the idf to stockpile 100,000 surface to surface missiles asap
3. survival and the enemy civillian population
gerald   (12.15.18)
asymmetric guerrilla armies do not assume responsibilities for local civilian populations and so are less constrained than state armies. the facts are historically that the Russians and Americans targeted the German civilian population aside from the Nazi army. and it broke them.

Israel will have to include the enemy civilian population and break their will if it wants to survive, it cannot conduct a war of hell hygienically, bibi is incapable of driving an all out war. he cannot do it.

indicating that if Israelis are targeted, that enemy country will be destroyed is a good start.
4. Deal with the tunnels and Hezbollah, and PLO
lal ram ,   Wolverhampton. UK   (12.16.18)
It makes my heart bleed to see innocent Jewish lives are destroyed by these evil entities. Israel probably have best intelligence in the world and the best army, why oh why these enemies not destroyed or repatriated from the Holy Land.
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