After months of Israeli strikes, Hezbollah are far from deterred
Yoav Gallant, cabinet hawk (Photo: Flash90)
IT could have been worse — and in Israel these days, that’s good news. The International Court of Justice’s decision not to issue an injunction to end the fighting and allow Gazans back into the northern Gaza Strip came as a kind of relief for Israel’s political echelon.
Israel can live with the meaningless interim measures the court did adopt, as well as its tone, casting Israel as the aggressor — as long as the IDF tank columns continue to roll through Gaza.
Meanwhile, on the ground, the fighting continues with real achievements but heavy costs. Every time an evening newscast reports on “fierce fighting” in Gaza, it comes as a dreaded harbinger for the next morning’s broadcast to open with the chilling words, “The IDF has approved the announcement” — of names of soldiers who have fallen.
American military advisors’ grim projection of four to twenty fatalities a day hit the war cabinet’s desk even before the start of the current war.
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