Confrontations with Hezbollah to Cause Severe Casualties: INSS
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Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) talks about the recent "home front" maneuver and reveals gaps in the readiness to face security issues.
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INSS: The expected casualties will be severe and will greatly reduce Israel's ability to achieve victory
Major General Meir Elran, a reservist in the Israeli occupation forces, spoke about the "home front" maneuver, which took place in the first week of November, and its shortcomings.
In a study published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Elran said that “the Home Front Command and the National Emergency Authority (NEMA) maneuvered in the first week of November, along with other emergency agencies,” to confront what was described as “a broad emergency scenario to strengthen areas of work between the occupation's departments."
He added that the maneuver focused on important functional challenges in its essence; however, gaps pop in the readiness to face security emergencies and mass disasters. The gaps included refraining from integrating civilians in the maneuver, low public awareness regarding the meaning of threats, and gaps in fortification and preparations for a mass evacuation of civilians.
Elran pointed out that so far, no progress has been achieved in this field, which is what is required to protect the civilian front in the face of the increasing capabilities of the 'enemy,' in their forefront is Hezbollah.
The expert stressed that any expected confrontation with Hezbollah, the occupation's civilian domain, which includes vital infrastructure and population centers, will be involved heavily.
The study pointed out that “effective defense against curved ballistics weaponry is not sufficient to give a transversal response, noting that the expected casualties will be severe, and will greatly reduce "Israel’s" ability to achieve victory, even if the offensive formation of the Israeli army delivers clear achievements, which is doubtful, as it became clearer in the confrontation with Hamas last May.
Elran said that public statements regarding progress made in the readiness of the home front are not sufficient in the absence of the required practical steps, investing adequate budgets, and integrating civilians and vital infrastructure systems in the effective preparation for a confrontation."
He noted that the situation described here is worse in everything related to preparing for mass disasters.
Uri Gordin: "Israel" does not seek a war with Hezbollah
Earlier, the commander of the Israeli occupation's "Home Front," Uri Gordin, confirmed that "Israel" does not seek a war with Hezbollah, but it expects to be targeted with 2,000 missiles per day in the event of an armed conflict between the two sides.
The Israeli general said, in an interview with AFP, that "cities such as Tel Aviv and Ashdod (south)" were targeted with the "largest number of missiles" ever since the establishment of "Israel."
Gordin continued by saying if a conflict or war breaks out with Hezbollah, the Israeli side expects that the number of rockets fired at "Israel" from Lebanon will be at least five times larger than in the recent Gaza war.
Reservist officer in the IOF, Danny Citrinobic, considered that the precision missiles in Hezbollah's possession are further proof of the failure of the Israeli deterrence against it.
