(Politico Europe) Jamie Dettmer - Israel's account might be settled with Sinwar - the debt paid - but the story is far from over. The war is far from over. Netanyahu wants to secure Israel's safety for a generation. Former Netanyahu election adviser Nadav Shtrauchler told Politico: The mission is far from accomplished. Shtrauchler said, "Now there's a much bigger picture - Iran. After eliminating Nasrallah, and eliminating Sinwar, [Netanyahu] is aiming for the big goal....He's looking for Iran right now, and there's still that debt to pay." And the road to humbling Tehran runs through Lebanon. Even die-hard Netanyahu critics don't take issue with taking the fight to Hizbullah. Ya'akov Peri, a former Israel Security Agency chief and Netanyahu critic, said Netanyahu had no choice but to launch the Lebanon campaign. "Hizbullah had everything ready to pull off the same kind of action as Oct. 7. I cannot say that I'm against the Lebanon incursion. It is a necessity. We understand that the world doesn't like it.... But we haven't got a choice. If we want to stay alive in Israel, we have to."
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