Israel has had decades to prepare for such an assault. Why wouldn’t they be prepared for it? I thought they had this “Iron Dome” or something close to it.
They have the Iron Dome. The rockets sent from Hamas on Oct 7th were a test to see if the system could be overwhelmed. Can it take out 10,000 rockets in 10 minutes?
If they go, Israel should have intel on where the bigger rocket caches are located and hit those quick and fast. But certainly a large number of them are spread out and ready to be fired on call. How many Hezbullah people are capable of firing them is another question.
The article does mention past Israeli incursions into Lebanon. The last one was very poorly executed and if I recall many were killed and some captured. I don’t know for a fact but my guess is the Israeli population may not have the stomach for Israel carving out a security zone in S. Lebanon. They’d have to go at least 10 km maybe more, clear it and hold it. And the diplomatic pressure would be enormous too.
Is there a political or diplomatic solution? Not likely, or at least not likely one that will hold forever unless Lebanon can integrate them, and the Palestinians, into their society.
“Why?”
They have allowed the Obama/Biden influence to contaminate Israel’s military and national spirit. The US should support them in whatever means necessary, but not influence the way they live their lives and conduct their wars.