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Israeli Official: No Realistic Military Solution to Hizbullah Missile Fire
(Israel Hayom) Ariel Kahana - A senior Israeli official told Israel Hayom that Israel's Diplomatic-Security Cabinet never instructed the IDF to eliminate Hizbullah's military force. Dismantling Hizbullah is indeed the overall objective, but it was not defined as a goal to be achieved specifically through military means. Moreover, there is effectively no military way to prevent Hizbullah from firing missiles and rockets. Operational plans proposed by the IDF may weaken Hizbullah, however they cannot completely paralyze its launch capabilities. Achieving such a result militarily would require a far more drastic offensive, one that would demand a massive increase in military manpower that is not realistic. For these reasons, the ceasefire and the diplomatic track are the way to restore quiet to northern communities. The official stressed that Hizbullah's current condition bears no resemblance to its past strength, because the IDF has achieved very significant gains against it. In addition, the IDF has removed the threat of a ground invasion of northern Israeli communities and maintains security control over the territory up to the Litani River, and even north of it at certain points.