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May 4, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21650163-israeli-army-raises-stakes-fight-against-its-arch-foe-hizbullah

Hizbullah in the Crosshairs

(Economist-UK) Israel is anxious to stop Hizbullah from acquiring more accurate missiles which can target specific strategic installations and might be armed with chemicals. "They are closing the qualitative gap," warned the outgoing head of the IDF Home Front Command, Maj.-Gen. Eyal Eizenberg. Israel's northern border with Syria on the Golan Heights, which used to be the quietest, has become unstable. Israeli generals give warning of Hizbullah "opening a second front against Israel on the Golan."

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