Israeli Officer Warns of Severe Destruction in Future War with Hizbullah

W460

A senior Israeli military officer has warned that the Jewish state would launch a ferocious war on Lebanon if Hizbullah retaliated to an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

“Despite the inevitable international outcry, Israel would be left with no choice but to lay waste to swathes of southern Lebanon because Hizbullah has entrenched itself so deeply within the civilian population,” the officer told The Telegraph.

He urged the Lebanese people not to be drawn into a war for which they, rather than Iran, would bear the brunt of Israel's anger. "The situation in Lebanon after this war will be horrible," the officer said.

"They will have to think about whether they want it or not. I hope that Iran will not push them into a war that Iran will not pay the price for but that Lebanon will," he added.

The officer, who is a senior commander on Israel's northern border with Syria and Lebanon, told The Telegraph that the Jewish state would not be as cautious as it was during the 2006 war with Hizbullah.

No such mistake would be made in the next conflict, he said, pointing to a satellite map of the southern town of Khiam where Hizbullah has allegedly taken over several buildings for military purposes.

"In these villages where Hizbullah has infrastructure I will guess that civilians will not have houses to come back to after the war," he said.

"The Lebanese government has to take this into consideration. Many of the villages in southern Lebanon will be destroyed. Unfortunate, but we will have no other solution. The day after (we attack) the village will be something that it will take 10 years to rebuild."

Comments 32
Thumb geha 07 May 2012, 09:09

now that the weather started t settle down, expect the new war to start anytime soon.

Thumb jcamerican 07 May 2012, 09:41

Hopefully not. Israel can carpet bomb Lebanon without setting a foot inside. Hizballah cannot be that stupid to provoke a losing war. It is time for Hizballah to win the lebanese support not wars.

Thumb geha 07 May 2012, 10:40

and you think that a war is decided by hizbushaitan?
when the time is right the war will start, and hizbushaitan will cease to exist.

Thumb jcamerican 07 May 2012, 11:18

geha. Anyone can spark a war. I agree with you, eventually Hizballah have to get rid of the weapons. You got Syria out, without weapons. If the Lebanese are united, that is their resistance.

Thumb bigsami 07 May 2012, 17:23

What do you mean.....According to Hassan....HA won and demolished Israel last time and they did not have to do anything other than use Lebanese civilians as shields. Bunch of cowards!

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:03

bigsami you should change your name. Just keep the 'big' hahaha
At least be proud of what was done against the STRONG israel. Regardless of your opinion... Noone used civilians as shields but isreal is used to killing innocent people. Remember Qana? :)

Thumb bigsami 07 May 2012, 21:47

Reformist....I'm a 'realistic' and not living in a dream riding an imaginary high-horse of a war that you and other HA conditioned followers believe was won. If you considered NOT being obliterated by the Israelis a 'victory' then boy you have serious issues. In 2006 your scum hero had planted missile rocket launchers in schools, hospitals and public locations so to protect themselves from retaliation.....and you don't call that using civilians as shields? If you don't beleive these facts it's easy to plot via satellite where these rockets were being launched...even Google map can do this for you Mr. Einstein. Stop believing all that BS that comes out of HA.

Thumb shab 07 May 2012, 11:19

Whar kind og threat is that? As if the filthy persian militia cares about Lebanon. You can only scare them if you bombe Iran

Default-user-icon castro (Guest) 07 May 2012, 11:37

To hell with the Jews they are the ones making Hassan the way he is what is a power station got to do with Hassan and his militia yet the Jews bonb everything they can and punsh the whole of Lebanon and leave Hassan alone.........

Thumb Bandoul 07 May 2012, 16:24

With a screen name like Castro, need anyone give you the time of day to respond to your irrational diatribe? Nobody is interested in your hatred for the Jews and the ideology imprinted on your brain. Move on, get a life, learn to love, forget the hate, Israel is here to stay. When you accept that, you'll be taking the first step to building your future.

Missing ulpianus 07 May 2012, 16:49

Bando2. What about his screenname? Communism is a political idealogy, created by a jew ( simply). What do you connect his name with hatred for jews?

On the other side, Castros comment is in some parts stupid, because when israel bombs Lebanon, its not the jews bombing Lebanon its israel. We have to learn to differ between these two.

last thing. They will of course just bomb Lebanon and keep hezb as hezb are playing everything in their hands. How nice isnt it to have a country that you can bomb and use ur old weopons and ur technique on each 2-3 years..If hezb dissapeaer, then they have no reason to bomb.

Thumb Bandoul 07 May 2012, 17:14

@ulpianus, you are entitled to your irrational opinion. Don't go poking the bee hive and the bees won't go attacking you, that is my belief and I am entitled to it. ISRAEL will be here long after my entire blood line has been washed from this earth. As soon as Arabs accept there will never ever come a day when Israel has been wiped from the earth like they hope and pray for, they will never learn to co-exist with the Jews! Leave Israel alone and acknowledge it's right to exist and it will never bother you again. For examples of how this works look to Egypt and Jordan who signed peace treaties in 1979 and 1994, respectively. You don’t see Israel carpet bombing those countries do you? Khalas ba2a irrational BS from ignorant folks.

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:04

Love? 3indak asel ya sa7be? What do you do with the palestinians? Burn them? :)

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:07

Ktiiiiiiiiiiiiir awe bandoulito de mi corazon! What do you do with the camps in Lebanon? You lose hour honor you are not a man anymore? The cause of all these people deported from where they belong? Just forgive and make peace? :) Don't fight for your right to be back.
Tell me one thing very honestly : are you ready to integrate all the palestinians who live today in camps? Can you afford giving them food shelters education decent life? Can our country / economy handle that?!

Missing ulpianus 08 May 2012, 03:05

Eh, Bando2. Who is talking about israel?

...and who said that the "arabs should learn to live with the jews"? Arabs have lived with the jews for a looooong time. In fact it´s the Europeans that had problems with the jews, culminating in killing 8 millions of them during the second world war. That is why they had to fight for their own country. After being oppressed in Europe for hunders of years.

The only irrational opinion is yours. Yes I want peace because Lebanon has taken enough, but no I wont blame the Arabs for what israel is doing.

Default-user-icon George (Guest) 07 May 2012, 11:52

Ala fa Ina hizbulahhi humul galiboon "
surely the party of Allah is the victorious
Verse from the holy Quran

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) 07 May 2012, 13:13

mr israeli officer: " the life in lebanon will be horrible.....",the life in the whole region will be horrible including mecca najaf and jerusalem dont bark for years..if u want to do it, just shoot..bla bla bla

Thumb kesrweneh 07 May 2012, 14:45

Israel can't afford a new defeat in Lebanon, they will loose face, their reputation of being invincible and of course trillions of dollars, and since USA is in a bad economical situation it will not be able to back it up. thus don't worry we won't have a war on our hands this summer

Thumb Bandoul 07 May 2012, 16:32

A new defeat? Really? Oh yeah, I forgot about your divine victory in 2006! The result of which your master lives underground, 1200 innocent lives were lost, millions of dollars in tourism revenue not materialized, and billions of dollars in infrastructure damages set the country back another 20 years. It is people like you if allowed to spread your hate and ignorance who will eventually permit Israel to use whatever means to liquidate the Party of God, aka the "Party of Lies and Intimidation. Keep it up, I am ashamed that there are Lebanese like you.

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:12

Bandoura! noone is more ignorant than you! The entire earth community and even israel themselves admitted their defeat! Be proud to live in a country where you can resist and again rather than using insults give pragmatic solutions... Integrating all palestinians DECENTLY in our society? Burning them like rats?
Where are your values? Where is your honor?

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:13

And bandourito if you are ashamed leave lebanon, hariri will finance it :)

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:09

Now this is strategic thinking! And hezbollah knows that! bala nuclear bala ballout, they are a bunch of defeated idiots

Thumb Bandoul 07 May 2012, 21:09

@reformist, Please don't cloud the issue at hand with your innuendos, lies, disinformation and deliberate misdirection. The right of return is a sacred right and must be honored by Israel but for ISRAEL to be forced to let that happen if it doesn’t want voluntarily, the Palestinian people must first ACKNOLEDGE the right of Israel to exist. Nothing can happen before then so please spare me your cry a river of crocodile tears sarcasm. That’s all M8 deviants are good for, smoke and mirrors. Never facts, never truth, never an ounce of self-respect or dignity to be honest about the problem.

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:11

They cannot keep hitting jabal. Time always runs against them, this is what always happened... the international community can stay quite for a while but not for long! Their bet didn't work last time and the RESISTANCE will obviously RESIST this time also...
Not the entire earth shall support the US, you will have people who will support Lebanon... :)

Thumb bigsami 07 May 2012, 21:14

But of course....that first defeat HA gave them was unforgiving! The stats speak for themselves....I see how many Israeli lives were lost and how many 'Lebanese'. How naive some can be!

Missing ulpianus 07 May 2012, 16:56

We have a problem this time around as israel has all international law on its side if they attack hezb. after a provocation. Which they did not have in 2006.

This means that Lebanon wont get the same help to 1. stop the war 2. to rebuild this time around 3. No pressure will be laid on israel to "hold back".

So please hezb. if u want to fight, do it from Syria or Iran this time, just for the matter of change.

Thumb Bandoul 07 May 2012, 17:29

How old are you uplianus? You are quite a bit misinformed but I appreciate your comments anyway. Israel was provoked by having two of it soldiers kidnapped. It had every right to retaliate but it was criticized by its allies and the United Nations for not using a "measured response" in other words, the punishment they imposed on Lebanon as a whole did not fit the crime committed by Hzb El Kzb and Terror as a mini-state.

Missing ulpianus 08 May 2012, 03:13

Well, old enough to not expect comments from a 7 years old bando2.

I mean, I didnt want to write all the details that I thought people understood But I can do it for people like you.

1. 2006, hezb. was not considered in control of the Lebanese government. SO, the international law ( open the UN Chamber Conv. and read) says that EVEN if a state is provoked, it should use PROPORTIONAL self defense.
There are also case law, that makes this even more important in cases when the state really didnt have any control, but still they are held responsible. In other cases, if the state is trying to stop armed groups but cant...
2. THIS time, Hezb is totally in control of Lebanon, and, the Lebanese current government has accepted Hezbs weapons, and thus, has accepted the politics of Hezb. According to the same UN Convention, this means that the Lebanese state officially has accepted Hezbz acts as their own. THIS means, that israel is entitled to hit really hard on Lebanese State "goals".

Missing ulpianus 08 May 2012, 03:14

Fa ya ebne, start have some respect when you debate in here and dont start with personal attacks...

Thumb beiruti 07 May 2012, 17:26

Barking dogs never bite.

Missing reformist 07 May 2012, 19:09

Tiny correction :) Hezbollah is smart enough to know that israel will never have the balls to use the nuclear ;)
At least HN always delivers on his promises and his words are taken seriously not like ba3ba3 sorry geagea

Default-user-icon toni (Guest) 03 July 2012, 17:32

i believe this is what i heard the next war will be quick and fast and i believe they will destroy all the infrastructure of lebanon cause the goverment is houzballah even the baabda palace and the prime minister and all the ministers buildings they will not listen to washington this time or to european ideas in jounieh and tripoli and bekaa and beirut i believe after this war lebanon will take 10 years to stand back on its feet . i think new kinds of weapon will be used