Wissam Tawil, senior member of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force was killed today by an Israeli UAV strike in Southern Lebanon today.
Tawil is the highest ranking Hezbollah member to be killed since Hezbollah joined the Hamas-Israel war. Israel is expecting a serious response from Hezbollah and in turn Israel is expected to hit back hard. The Israeli government is now saying it is not “if” there will be a war with Hezbollah, but “when”.
Any war with Hezbollah will make the Gaza conflict seem small in comparison. There is reason to believe the Shiite militias in Syria controlled by Iran will attack. Israel’s defense forces believe this also means that Iranian Shiite militias will use Jordan as a base for attacks against Israel – opening up a wider front.
A regional war in the Middle East may be the last thing the US wants, but it appears that to everyone else it is a foregone conclusion. With Iran and its Russian and Chinese allies behind it, Israel stands surrounded by overwhelming weapons and resources. Despite the intensity and potential mass destruction in the coming conflict – Israel must win and the only way to do that is to strike so hard and fast, its enemies will not be able to recover.
Despite the media’s obsession on the Gaza conflict, Israel’s Northern enemies are its real threat and the countdown to the war to end that threat has already begun.