Israel is braced for new attack a year after war with Hezbollah

the times ^ | 8.15.07 | James Hider

[Flavius]

The memorial is more like a crime scene than a monument. On the road along the border with Lebanon a painted black rectangle marks the outline of an army lorry with the names of the passengers where they sat: Razeq, Toma, Eldad and Udi.

After the last are the words “My beloved” — a cry of grief for Ehud “Udi” Goldwasser, one of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped in an ambush here, triggering war with Hezbollah.

A year later, Israeli patrols like Udi’s crawl past this spot watchful for any attempt by Hezbollah to launch an ambush similar to the one that left four of their comrades dead, two wounded and two kidnapped — and still missing. Many Israelis believe that a new war with Hezbollah is inevitable, and military analysts fear that the next conflict could be complicated by the emergence of Gaza — run by Hamas and already styling itself on Hezbollah’s model of a well-drilled, professional guerrilla army — on Israel’s southern flank.

[blam]

Hezbollah Leader Warns Israel (Nasrallah)

[rbg81]

Bet ya the UN troops are there primarily to prevent Israel from invading Southern Lebanon in case of another Hezbollah attack. I never bought that they were there to prevent Hezbollah from rearming.

[jiggyboy]

yeah it'd be nice if Israel finished them off once and for all, but articles like this once a week or so for the past couple of months is all I can see of their "preparations" &c.