According to sources, The Israeli army He did not intend for the incursion to turn into a large-scale ground war in Lebanon. This came at a time when one Israeli official admitted that the current events could develop their own dynamic: “This is not on our minds, but of course we could be drawn into such a scenario.”
The largest Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 was also supposed to be limited in scope. But the Israeli forces ended up… Beirut besiegedWhile it was chasing the Palestine Liberation Organization, deep into Lebanon. Israeli forces eventually withdrew to a buffer zone in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah fought a long guerrilla war against them until Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000.
Israel’s invasions of Lebanon in 1978 and 2006 caused severe damage to Lebanon, but did not achieve lasting security gains for Israel.
Rather than repeating those experiences, they will likely resemble a war Israel The latter in Lebanon launched its campaign against Hamas in Gaza, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal, according to Sanam Vakil, head of the Middle East Program at the London-based Chatham House think tank.
“In Gaza, the Israeli army used raids and air strikes to destroy as much of Hamas’ fighting force, weapons and tunnel system as possible, while maintaining two corridors through the Strip,” she added.
Vakil added, “As happened in Gaza, I expect that they will use the threat of a long-term presence as a bargaining tool in the negotiations.”
She concluded her speech by saying that the incursion would easily turn into an extended occupation of a buffer zone, which would help Hezbollah mobilize its ranks.
Although Israel killed most of Hezbollah’s senior leaders and destroyed a large portion of its missile stockpile, the Lebanese Shiite militia still possesses a large arsenal and tens of thousands of trained fighters. It continues to fire rockets at northern Israel and refuses to consider a ceasefire until Israel ends its war in Gaza.
