"Israel" Turning Focus to Lebanon, Hizbullah

Local Editor

The "Israeli" Haaretz daily reported Monday that "given the deteriorating security situation in Syria, "Israel" is now turning its focus to Lebanon."

According to the daily, ""Israel" is preparing to deal with its northern rather than northeastern neighbor."

"Hizbullah and Iran understand that [President Bashar] al-Assad's fate is sealed, and they're preparing for the day after," "Israeli" military intelligence chief Major General Aviv Kochavi claimed earlier this month at the so-called 2013 annual Herzliya Conference in "Israel" on regional and global security, according to the daily.

"They [Iran and Hizbullah] are trying and in some cases succeeding to obtain air defense capabilities, shore-to-sea missiles, surface-to-surface missiles and other capabilities," he said.
"As the Syrian army has lost ...thousands of men from casualties and defections, Iran and Hizbullah are gaining access to their weapons," Haaretz reported.

To deal with the changing reality, the daily said the Zionist entity's leadership was also changing assignments of some of its northern divisions to focus on Lebanon.
It further revealed that "last week two reserve brigades practiced operations for Lebanon after having for years focused specifically on Syria."
"Until now the reservists dealing with Syria have been training for tank battles. Now, they will have to contend with anti-tank missiles, of which Hizbullah has thousands," "Israeli" military estimates added.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org