Reports: All-out war ruled out between Israel and Hezbollah

All-out war between Israel and Hezbollah is ruled out in the foreseeable future, unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides to commit a “foolishness that he might need before the Israeli elections,” political sources said.

“But the current situation is the best for Israel, because it is waging war and achieving several goals without incurring human and material costs, and because any all-out war might push Hezbollah to respond and threaten the security of the (Israeli) north, after Netanyahu’s government said that it waged war on Lebanon to restore security in the settlements,” the sources told al-Binaa newspaper.

“Israel does not go to a major war with Lebanon without coordinating with the Americans, whereas President Trump’s administration does not prefer an expansion of the war in Lebanon and its spread to the region amid the Americans’ preoccupation with several files such as Syria, Gaza, Iran, Russia and Ukraine, in addition to the domestic U.S. crises,” the sources said.

The sources added that “any all-out Israeli war would require a ground incursion to achieve the military, security and political goals, and accordingly the scenario of the 66-day war will be repeated, after the Israeli forces failed to seize full land control of a single village.”

The sources, however, noted that Israel might expand its strikes through major assassinations and incursions into border villages.