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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/03/10/only-one-scenario-turns-roaring-lion-into-victory/
The Iran War Must End with the Removal of the Hizbullah Threat
(Israel Hayom) Oded Granot - For many leaders of the Revolutionary Guards who are still fighting, this ceased long ago to be an ideological war. It is a fight for survival. If they lose, they will, at the very least, lose the billions they have pocketed and the privileges they accumulated over years at the expense of the Iranian people. There is no dispute about the basic facts of this war. A vast majority of Iranian citizens are fed up with the rule of the ayatollahs, want lives of freedom and liberty, and cannot understand why the brutal regime has devoted decades to the illusion of destroying Israel instead of ensuring the welfare of its own people. The same is true in Lebanon, perhaps even more so. Lebanon's entire government, along with a large majority of the Lebanese public, do not want the war with Israel to continue. They do not accept the absurd claim that Israel has territorial ambitions in Lebanon, and they are convinced that Hizbullah, since its founding 44 years ago, has brought the country nothing but disasters and destruction. Operation "Roaring Lion" cannot end without the full and complete removal of the Hizbullah threat to residents of northern Israel and the opening of a real possibility of a peace agreement with the Lebanese government and its eventual entry into the Abraham Accords. The writer headed the Middle East desk and was senior commentator at Israel's Channel 1 Television (2001-2017).