[Ynet News] Ron Ben-Yishai - When the UN passes a resolution sometime this week, Israel can prepare for continued fighting because Hizballah will not stop fighting in southern Lebanon as long as IDF soldiers are there. Therefore, Katyusha fire will continue. The IDF's goal now must be to reduce Katyusha fire and to prevent Hizballah from redeploying in southern Lebanon before the area is given over to Lebanese army and international force control. In order to achieve this goal, the IDF must establish its presence on the ground, in addition to air operations; not at outposts, but troops that will be in motion all the time. The main thing is to curtail further Katyusha attacks. In order to do this we must comb every village in southern Lebanon. IDF soldiers dipping their toes in the Litani River will not help bring an end to the rockets. This can be done by pointed fire from relatively short-range, by IDF forces who have taken critical vantage points near Hizballah staging areas. It is a fact: Missile fire has fallen dramatically in areas the IDF now operates in. This is also true in villages that our troops have only encircled, not entered. Lt. Col. (res.) Ron Ben-Yishai is a veteran military analyst.
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