Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi on Sunday warned that overwhelming force would be used in Lebanon in the next potential war with Hezbollah.
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Speaking at the first National Conference on the Home Front, Kochavi detailed the IDF's strategy for responding to an attack from the radical Shiite terrorist group.
"We will deal massive strikes in the war, but we will warn the residents and allow them to leave the areas. I say to the residents of Lebanon: I advise you to leave, not only at the beginning of the war but from the beginning of tensions and before the first shot is fired. I advise you to leave those areas because the attack force will be unimaginable – like nothing you have witnessed before," Kochavi said.
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He said that the military would target rocket launchers inside homes and buildings and buildings used as enemy headquarters: "Every target associated with missiles and rockets will be targeted in the next war. A house in which a missile is located or located near a missile, an activist who deals with a missile, command headquarters that deal with a missile, or electricity connected to a group of missiles – this entire network will be hit on the day of the war."
Kochavi said the IDF had pinpointed thousands of targets in Lebanon in the event of a war, including Hezbollah headquarters, as well as rocket-propelled grenades and rocket launchers.
He noted the nuclear threat and simultaneous missile attacks on Israel from all fronts posed the greatest threat to the country.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
