Originally Posted by
Abujnoub
A few points.
@ The Israeli claim of 600-1,000 dead Hizbullah is an exagerration. The figure is closer to 200-300. Mind you, there were others fighting in south Lebanon - Amal, SSNP, Communists etc -
@ The IDF was unable to seize any border villages or towns until the final stages of the war when it entered Lebanon in force.
@ The IDF evenually abandoned attempting to seize the villages and simply skirted them. At the end of the war, it was possible to drive behind the IDF's front line (almost matching the configuration of the old Security Zone from the 1990s) going from village to village without seeing a single IDF soldier.
@ The reason the IDF fared so badly in my view was down to unrealistic political expectations
@. It still amazes me that the IDF had no idea of the extent of the bunker network constructed by Hizbullah in those six years, despite near daily overflights with jets, UAVs and whatever assets they may have had on the ground), and hubris on behalf of the IDF General Staff.
@ How can you defeat Hizbullah? You can't militarily in my view. You can temporarily weaken but you cannot destroy.
@ However, first, the IDF would have taken much larger casualties, second, what about Hizbullah positions north of the Litani and in the Bekaa?
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