As he winds down his current command post as Commander of the Galil Region, Brigadier-General Herzl Halevi announced “a military conflict with Hizbullah is unavoidable”. Halevi will step down from this post on November 28, 2013.

“I don’t think there is the war or the operation that will solve the problem,” General Halevi explained during a recent tour of the border his troops patrol. “The interesting issue is how you create a longer gap between the wars.”

“It’s not going to be a simple one,” he added. “There are no simple wars. We are ready to pay this price to make a very decisive and strong war to make the gap as long as possible.”

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(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)