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Saturday, April 30, 2016
Determined - not deterred: IDF officer: Hezbollah gearing up for war, just like in 2006

IDF officer: Hezbollah gearing up for war, just like in 2006
Eliav Elbaz says terror group ‘obsessively’ gathering intelligence, even
though ‘they’re up to their necks’ in Syria fighting
By Times of Israel staff April 28, 2016, 2:40 am
http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-commander-hezbollah-preparing-for-war-just-like-in-2006/

An IDF battalion commander stationed on Israel’s border with Lebanon on
Wednesday said the Hezbollah terror group’s recent activity was “reminiscent
of what they did before the Second Lebanon War.”

In an interview with Channel 2, Lt. Col. Eliav Elbaz described how Hezbollah
was “obsessively” monitoring Israeli soldiers from across the border.

“The other side is obsessively gathering [information] about everything
happening here, everything our security forces [are doing],” Elbaz said.

“Right now they’re up to their necks in the war in Syria, but we still see
them walking around” and scouting the Israeli positions, he said. It’s
“reminiscent of what they did before the Second Lebanon War,” he added.

The IDF officer said soldiers were training constantly and on high alert.
“We are preparing for war. In the event of a war, they will have a lot more
to lose,” he warned.

In the summer of 2006, Israel and Hezbollah fought a war in Lebanon that
killed about 160 Israelis, most of them soldiers, and nearly 1,200 Lebanese,
including several hundred Hezbollah fighters, according to the Israeli army.

Hezbollah has deployed thousands of fighters to prop up the regime in Syria’s
civil war, and some analysts say that has limited its ability to carry out
an attack against Israel.

Earlier this month, the IDF’s deputy chief of staff said the Lebanese group’s
improving capabilities deeply concerned Israel. Major General Yair Golan
said that could result in “full-scale war,” including a harsh response from
the Israeli military.

“Comparing that to anything we’ve experienced before, no doubt, this is the
most severe threat we’ve ever experienced before,” Golan said.

Of a possible future crisis, he said “we’re not going to see small war in
Lebanon. It’s going to be decisive. It’s going to be full-scale war.”

AFP contributed to this report.

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