Israel cannot destroy all Hezbollah weapons without ‘political breakthrough’: Israeli source

Israel cannot destroy Hezbollah’s weapons even if it occupies the entire southern Lebanon in the absence of a “political breakthrough,” an Israeli security source said Sunday. “Even if we occupy all of southern Lebanon, as some suggest, these measures will not be able to destroy…Hezbollah’s arsenal,” Israel’s public broadcaster KAN quoted the source as saying. The statement came amidst continued exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah. The Israeli security establishment believes that “Hezbollah can be further weakened through targeted assassinations, infrastructure strikes, and additional operational measures, but it acknowledges that there is no radical solution on the horizon that will eliminate the threat,” the source said. The Israeli army is employing measures at a cost of about […]