National Unity party leader Benny Gantz declared on Tuesday that the IDF has the capability to destroy Hezbollah’s military capabilities in a matter of days. However, he warned that this would come at a heavy price, including major incidents of harm to the public.
Speaking at the Herzliya Conference, Gantz emphasized the need to “return the southern and northern residents back to their homes, even at the price of escalation.” He expressed confidence in the IDF’s ability to take down Hezbollah, saying, “We can bring Lebanon completely into the dark, and take apart Hezbollah’s power in days.”
Gantz also highlighted the importance of building a regional and global alliance against Iran, including normalization with Saudi Arabia and other states. He stressed the need to work closely with the US to build up Israel’s defenses and prepare for the challenge of stopping Iranian nuclear weapons.
In addition, Gantz discussed the long-term conflict with Hamas, emphasizing the need for a political plan to replace the terror group’s management of Gaza. He also advocated for a hostage deal, even if it means ending the war for now, and noted that a long ceasefire would not mean allowing Hamas leaders to live freely.
Finally, Gantz praised the High Court of Justice ruling that ordered all Charedim to join the IDF, and urged the creation of mechanisms to integrate Charedim into the IDF in higher numbers.
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Aha. So Hamas, which is smaller, less well-funded, trained, armed, etc, is still fighting after almost a year, but we’re supposed to believe that Hezbollah can be crushed in a few days. I’ll wait to see that.
The more the Zionists attack the Torah and its followers, the sooner it will bring the total and complete destruction of the Zionist idol.
Hakatan, it’s like you wish harm upon us Jews in EY. You are again proving how “Katan” you are… go away.
@dontmindme yes of your familiar with warfare you’d know the problem with Gaza is the urban setting and “civilian” problem. There is no such problem with hezbolla or Lebanon, it’s open warfare which means IDF can advance and push hezbollah back without the risk, or rather the optics of “civilian” casualties. So a matter of days to push hezbollah north is actually more reasonable. Not to mention Israel will not hold back at all, it will go full force because they know that we can’t allow a second, drawn out conflict AND we can not allow the optics of a “draw” (like we ALLOWED in 2006). Therefore Israel has major incentive to finish them off, with strength, quickly.
Reshaim say much but do little.
I’m bored of ywn’s mindless regurgitation of mainstream news pieces from here there and over the pond.
Have you noticed that the vast majority of the journalism reports non events, such as this?
Ganz “declared” “warned” “highlighted” and of course “praised the supreme court”. Who cares?
Remember , צה”ל is an acronym. It stands for
צבא
הגנה
ל{entry here}
Do the actions of the army represent the interest and safety of the public? Or the safety of the soldiers who are falling like flies every day in the name of protecting innocent civilians from the enemy.
I say, actions speak louder than words.
It screams
צבא הגנה לישמעאל
צבע הגנה לאינטרסים אמריקאים
צבא הגנה לאינטרסים של הפוליטיקאים ודיפ סטייט.
And you really expect Charedim to enlist?!
They are not protecting the country thereby, get real. They are playing into the hands of the wicked who hate their guts and would love to throw them to the lions in urban warfare and get all the charedim killed R”L. And then legislate to draft more charedim…
So you see, oy if you do, oy if you don’t. If you comply you will only get killed by following orders. If you don’t, we get strangulated economically, because we trusted them with charedi tax money. Every shekel of every tax imaginable has been stolen by the government, and then we are held to ransom. That’s democracy for you…which ought to be protected at all costs….
Wake up, stop playing this game. The establishment is the main enemy. This is not kana’us. It’s basic observation. Use your mush between your ears.
@DontMindMe: Absolutely correct, after 8months they are still struggling with Hamas and they want to finish Hezbollah in days.
With HASHEM’s help ALL is possible, but if you are trying to destroy Torah and Yiddishkeit by drafting Bnei Torah, don’t count on it!
Meanwhile, a news story posted on the same day indicated that the US cannot guarantee Israel’s safety if there were a full-blown war to break out there.
But can Israel defeat Iran? And given the sharp social divisions in Israel, and the desire of Israel’s ruling class to accentuate those divisions by conscripting Hareidim and trying to close down the yeshivos, is Israel really up to a full scale war. The current war that began on Oct. 7 has not gone well, with Israel unable to accomplish most of its goals, Israeli commerce with Asia having been seriously disrupted, and on multiple occasions Israel has found itself dependent on the United States, whose current leadership is following a strategy of limiting support for fear of getting into a war with the Russians, Chinese and Iranians.