"Hezbollah attack on Israel is inminent" Gen. Amos Yadlin:Israel's enemies disinterested in war ..while Bush is still in office

Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin briefs ministers on aftermath of Hizbullah prisoner exchange deal, Iranian nuclear program, general terror assessments; says Israel's enemies disinterested in war at present time

Roni Sofer Published: 07.20.08, 16:10 / Israel News




Director of Military Intelligence Major-General Amos Yadlin told the cabinet Sunday that Israel's enemies have no interest in provoking any military conflict while US President George W. Bush is still in office.





Israeli official: Hezbollah attack on Israel is imminent
Published: Monday, 21 July, 2008 @ 2:42 PM in Beirut
Beirut/ Jerusalem - Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin has said a Hezbollah attack on the Jewish state was imminent.



"There is significant indication that Hezbollah is likely to launch a terrorist attack on the northern front or in Gaza," Yadlin warned the Israeli cabinet during its weekly meeting on Sunday.

Yadlin said Hezbollah 's pretext for the attack would be issues related to Shebaa Farms and Ghajar as well as the assassination of top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh.

He accused Palestinian factions in Gaza "which are not in favor of peace of planning to carry out a massive attack."

"Now that the prisoner swap with Hezbollah has taken place, the defense establishment is concerned that Hezbollah may embark on a calculated, escalated show of force along the Lebanese border, and try to disrupt the Israeli flyovers," Yadlin said.

Israel has gathered intelligence showing the increasing strength of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

It said similar information was delivered to the United Nations during a visit to New York a month ago by Brig. Gen. Yossi Beiditz, head of research at Military Intelligence.

Haaretz quoted a political source as saying that Israel is very frustrated because the phenomenon of arms smuggling is not sufficiently addressed in relevant U.N. reports, including the most recent one three weeks ago, nor is it fully acknowledged in European capitals - particularly in countries that are contributing contingents to the peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.

It said Israel has closely followed Hezbollah 's rearmament since the signing of the cease-fire agreement after the July 2006 war, but last week became even more adamant about the need to put an end to the arms smuggling.

During his visit to Lebanon Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem was asked about the issue of smuggling from Syria to Lebanon his response was: " If someone is claiming there is smuggling across the Syrian border, it means that he saw it, which begs the question, why isn’t he doing anything about it? Opening embassies between Lebanon and Syria will not change the way things are done on the border."


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