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Defensive Experts Say Israel-Hezbollah War is Inevitable: Sure to be devastating.

International High Level Military Group paints grim picture of potential conflict between Jewish state, Iran-backed terror group, and what, if anything, can prevent it

By JUDAH ARI GROSS
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Conclusion by Pastor Boyd

A war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group is inevitable, though not necessarily imminent, and will be unavoidably bloody for both sides, according to an assessment by a number of former generals from around the world, known collectively as the High Level Military Group.

Report Says:

In an extensive 76 page report, published Wednesday 10/25/17, the organization details both the IDF’s and Hezbollah’s reorganization in the 11 years following the Second Lebanon War, the last time the sides engaged in all-out combat with one another. The High Level Military Group (HLMG) also describes the strategies each side will use in the apparently approaching war, as well as the potential pratfalls of those plans.

“Hezbollah doesn’t want a conflict to break out at present, given it is still seeking to consolidate its gains in Syria and continue preparations in Lebanon. However, its actions and propaganda suggest that it considers its ability to fight a war with Israel as a given,” according to the report.

“The timing of such a conflict is likely to be determined by miscalculation as much as decision-making in Iran and Lebanon.”

War Would Be More Destructive

The group said that should such a war break out, it will likely be “more violent and destructive than the previous ones,” due to the improvements that both sides have made to their respective military capabilities in the interim.

The report, “Hezbollah’s terror army: How to prevent a third Lebanon war,” offers limited recommendations for avoiding such a conflict, instead painting it as a war waiting to happen.

The retired generals and defense officials from the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Colombia, India, and Australia who make up the HLMG also express significant criticism of the United Nations for its “evident severe failure” to fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War, a dereliction that they credit with exacerbating the situation.

The former military leaders found that the UN Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeeping mission is not enforcing the aspects of Resolution 1701 that are meant to keep armed non-state actors like Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon.

The 76-page report, which is based on interviews solely with Israeli representatives during a fact-finding mission, comes to many of the same conclusions as those of Israeli defense officials. In preparing the assessment, the HLMG did not meet with Lebanese, Hezbollah, or UN officials.

Assessments

Yet the High Level Military Group maintains that its assessments are “based purely on the accumulated military and strategic experience of its members.”

The HLMG, which includes a former chairman of the NATO military committee, a former chief of staff of the Italian army, a former US ambassador-at-large on war crimes, a former director-general of the Indian Defense Intelligence Agency and the outspoken Israel supporter Col. (res.) Richard Kemp of the British military, was created by the Friends of Israel Initiative, a group founded by former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar in 2010 to fight an “unprecedented campaign of de-legitimization against Israel.”

This is not the group’s first foray into Israeli security. In December 2015, the organization also released a report that defended the IDF’s actions during the previous year’s Gaza war, finding that the army had abided by the rules of armed conflict and even surpassed them.

Hezbollah Terrorists Are All Grown Up

Hezbollah was founded in 1985, three years after the start of the First Lebanon War. It was created with Iranian support, and began killing Israeli soldiers stationed in IDF outposts in southern Lebanon with anti-tank missiles, improvised explosive devices, and small arms fire.

Over time, however, the group grew from a terrorist nuisance to a full-scale nemesis with significant sway in domestic Lebanese politics. What was once a two-bit terrorist group now represents the benchmark by which the IDF measures its preparedness.

In its report, the former generals and defense officials describe Hezbollah as being “widely considered to be the most powerful non-state armed actor in the world.”
As the Lebanese terrorist group has taken part in the fighting on behalf of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, it has gotten stronger through combat experience and improved access to advanced weaponry from its benefactor, Iran.

“Hezbollah has the political clout of a government, the firepower of an army and the strategic approach of a terrorist organization,” according to the report.

Israel believes that Hezbollah maintains a force of approximately 25,000 full-time fighters — 5,000 of which underwent advanced training in Iran — with another at least 20,000 fighters in reserve units.

The terrorist army boasts of possessing attack drones, air defense systems, armored personnel carriers and even tanks. It is also believed to have the Yakhont shore-to-sea missile, with which it can threaten Israeli Navy ships.

But its weapons of choice are missiles and rockets, which it has been amassing and improving, with Iranian assistance, at a fantastic rate.
Hezbollah is believed to possess between 100,000 and 150,000 projectiles, most of them short range. Israeli officials assess that in a future war, the terrorist group would be able to sustain a firing rate of over 1,000 missiles per day.

IDF Believes:

Increasingly, the IDF believes, the group has been focusing on making its missiles more precise so that it can direct attacks to key Israeli strategic sites.

“Thus, not only has the sheer numeric scale of the threat increased exponentially, but the lethality is greatly increased on account of larger payloads, range and higher targeting accuracy,” the HLMG wrote in its report.

Israel has been working to counter that threat through advanced missile defense systems like the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Patriot and Arrow. But military officials regularly stress that these batteries will not provide perfect, hermetic protection.
On the defensive side, Hezbollah has been embedding itself in the southern Lebanese civilian population “for tactical advantage (making the IDF hesitate to attack) and strategic advantage (using images of civilian harm to delegitimize the IDF),” according to the report.

The HLMG said that Hezbollah “transformed almost every Shiite village in the country’s south into a military asset.”

Inside and under those villages, Hezbollah is believed to have prepared extensive fighting positions from which it could confront the more powerful IDF.

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has also threatened that the terrorist group would not be fighting alone, but would have the support of Iran-backed militias in Syria and other fighters from across the Middle East. This would force the Israeli army to fight on two fronts or even more, if Hamas in Gaza joins in the conflict as well.

Conclusion

As you can see the money that Obama shipped to Iran is having an effect on Iran’s proxy. It has grown in strength and is quite deadly, just look at the training they have had in a real war situation in Syria is quite scary. To think there will not be war soon is just wishful thinking. Israel would do better to get the jump on these terrorists by doing a pre-emptive strike. In other words going to war when Israel sees the best opportunity, not when Hezbollah is ready. If they drag in the rest of the Mid-East neighbors, so be it. The IDF is now strong enough to take them out very quickly with the secret weapons they now have. I put my money on Israel one of the strongest armies in the world.

Radiance3

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IRAN'S main goal is total destruction of Israel. Now, they are prepared to doing that. Mr. Obama gave them the $150 billion for ammunition, and added $1.73 billion cash, to manufacture nuclear weapon capable of annihilating Israel. Mr. Obama hates Israel. During PM Netanyahu's visit to the US under Mr Obama's term, he left PM Netanyahu alone, as PM Netanyahu exited into the back door to leave. Obama treated him in the US with no respect.

History proves that Israel owned Jerusalem ever since they came home from Egypt, more than 3500 years ago. The land where they built the 1st Temple was destroyed under Babylon, and the 2nd one destroyed under the Romans 70AD. That land was purchased by King David. By 638 AD, Mohammad armies arrived in Jerusalem, took their land, and killed many of them. Muslims then built on top of the damaged Temple, the Dome. Jerusalem is owned and belong to the Jewish people. Jesus was a Jewish.

Mohammad's soldiers arrived in Jerusalem in 638 AD, they build the dome, drove away the Jews, killed Christians and Jews, raped the Christian women, enslaved those left, and required them to pay the highest tax they could not afford. And when they could not afford, they were killed.

Part of Jerusalem was taken back by Israel during the 1948 and 1967 wars after Israel won both wars.

saltwind 78 Loc: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

ziggy, Israel knows how to take care of itself. I have no doubt that they have been preparing for this possible eventuality for a long time. If it does occur, it will be by Iran's order. Iran will not escape the consequences of it's second party aggression. Unfortunately, there will be massive damage to Lebanons southern territory which is where the terrorists have been for the last few decades. Israeli citizens are perhaps better prepared for war than any other country. Most Israeli homes have safe rooms. The IDF is one of the worlds best defense forces. In the eventuality of war, Israel will of course suffer damage as well. I still hope for peace. It's up to Iran.

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Defensive Experts Say Israel-Hezbollah War is Inevitable

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kikorikid

I recall that Obama sent Netanyahu a hardbound copy
of "The Book of Esther", meaning, you are on your own.
Obama also sent a "Propaganda team" to Isreal to
attempt to skew the election against Netanyahu.
Obama is Treasonous and Treacherous.

emarine

And Russia backs Iran... The ME is nothing but a proving ground for super powers at the expense of others... Israel has every right to defend her people... considering that 20% of Israel's population are Arabs should prove who is of a "just cause" in the next total waste of human life...