The military expert said Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi If the bombing Lebanese Hezbollah Headquarters Mossad In Tel Aviv, it represents a qualitative and disciplined shift at the same time, so that things do not go into a large-scale ground battle that both sides are trying to avoid so far.
Earlier on Wednesday, Hezbollah announced targeting the Mossad headquarters in the suburbs of… Tel Aviv With a “Qader 1” ballistic missile, in a precedent since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Gaza About a year ago.
The party said the targeted Mossad headquarters was “responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up communications devices.”
According to Al-Duwairi, the party did not target Tel Aviv, but rather targeted a military headquarters that it says is responsible for the bombings of the devices. Pagermeaning that it is an operation similar to the assassinations carried out by Israel in the suburb.
Therefore, this operation – according to Al-Duwairi – does not mean bringing Tel Aviv into the battle, and Israel's operations do not aim to destroy the suburb randomly, which reflects the keenness of both parties not to escalate in a way that leads to an open ground war, even if a comprehensive war is already underway.
Postponement of the ground war
He explained that the ground operation is the missing part of the comprehensive war between the two sides, expecting that Israel will continue to maintain this situation for another period in the hope of breaking Hezbollah's will and subjecting it to dictates.
He said that Israel is using the Gaza Strip approach in Lebanon, stressing that a military solution will not be achieved and that Hezbollah will not retreat beyond the Litani River as Israel wants.
Al-Duwairi described Hezbollah's operations as a war of pressure on the economy and society, not a war of attrition, noting that the latter is based on targeting the civilian and military dimensions and that it will only be through a ground confrontation.
He expected a ground war to break out if Netanyahu felt that the current pressure would not force Hezbollah to retreat, but he pointed out that Israel had previously remained in the Litani region for 20 years and was then expelled by the Lebanese resistance.
Hezbollah must rely on itself
He said that the situation in southern Lebanon is completely different from Gaza, pointing out that Hezbollah will not deploy its forces on every square meter, but will rely on combat contracts that will give it the desired victory in the end, because a ground confrontation means great losses for the occupation army.
Regarding Hezbollah's strengths in a ground war, Al-Duwairi said that they are represented in its ability to manage the battle and activate the unity of the arenas in Yemen and Iraq in an effective manner, not symbolically as is the case now.
He said that the Iranian political discourse is clear in its call to avoid escalation, which means that the cornerstone (Tehran) has not provided anything that can be relied upon, and therefore the party must rely on its capabilities and popular support.