Israel Says Low Chances of War with Hizbullah, Hamas in 2017

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A senior Israeli military officer said Wednesday that the army believes Middle East's chaos has weakened the country's enemies, creating a low probability of war involving Israel in 2017.

The official said the army concluded that neither Hizbullah in Lebanon nor Hamas in the Gaza Strip are interested in sparking a new conflict.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity according to military protocol, was sharing an official year-end intelligence assessment.

He said Hizbullah is mired in the Syrian civil war while Hamas has lost much of its support from the outside. Still, the official cautioned that an unexpected "dynamic of escalation" could always risk sparking a new conflict.

Israel fought a month-long war with Hizbullah in 2006 and has since waged three wars with Hamas.

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Thumb ex-fpm 21 December 2016, 16:06

Israel Says Low Chances of War with Hizbullah

nothing new here, Hezb of hate and sectarianism has already said war with Israel is not on their agenda. They are busy killing and massacring sunni syrian women and children.

Thumb Mystic 21 December 2016, 16:25

Is that the reason Israel continues to support the takfiri rebels with medical support and armaments by the Golan Heights?

The Nusra front continues to hold the Syrian side of the Golan, with Israel in the back.
Whenever the Resistance have clashes with Nusra at the Golan then Israel fires artillery shots in support of the Salafis.

I got plently of links to back that up, even from Naharnet.
The fact is, that Israel wants their borders with Syria to remain in Salafi hands, they do not wish for it to fall in the Resistance hands.

Thumb Mystic 21 December 2016, 18:11

Fact is, Israel doesn't want either side to win at this point.
They want us all to bleed each other, so they can stay safe overthere in Tel Aviv.

But, everytime Israel have been intervening at some point, then they have everytime bombed either Resistance convoys, depots, or Personnel.

Israel never bombed the takfiris the same way, or well they did claim to bomb ISIS (once) at some point.

Fact is, Israel does not care who is fighting whom and who is dying, aslong as they are not in the spotlight any longer.

Thumb Elemental 21 December 2016, 17:12

Israel and Iran both illegally occupy land that's not theirs, both are extreme ideologies, both equal liars and drama queens, and BOTH exploit Christians.

Missing peace 21 December 2016, 19:14

israel is built on religious fanatism like hezbollah... both want destruction and they bark that isis is a threat but not them...
hezbollah is as fanatic as isis and israel... whatever our hezbi pets bark here facts are stronger than their idiocy....

"Nasrallah, as well as the Iranians surrounding the leader of Islamic Revolution Ali Khamenei, rely on facts contained in a religious book to demonstrate the inevitable Great War with Israel. They believe that this mystical book, called the Al-Jafr, tells them about the future and forthcoming events."

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/09/hezbollah-nasrallah-shiite-doctrine-syria-conflict.html#ixzz4TUdZ5lGn