Eric Mandel
The Hill, Dec. 13, 2023
“There are 10,000 UN soldiers in southern Lebanon. They have not stopped the transfer of even one precision-guided missile to Hezbollah from Iran. They have also allowed Hezbollah complete independence to build a terrorist army.”
The U.S. is ramping up pressure on Israel to end the Israel-Hamas war. But is our country ready for the next phase?
I am not speaking about the inevitable reappearance of Hamas terrorist cells in Gaza or an escalation of Hamas’s activities in the West Bank, but about Israel’s war with Iranian proxy Hezbollah in the north.
The war in the south is just one phase of the battle of annihilation, jihad against Israel, orchestrated by Tehran.
President Biden may have been able to restrain Israel from a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah in exchange for latitude in its operations in Gaza, but the time for dealing with Hezbollah will be at hand in early 2024. It is in our interest to prepare and strategize with Israel before that war erupts.
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