Israel continues to mercilessly pound the Gaza Strip

As Israel continues to mercilessly pound the Gaza Strip amidst the current escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which was sparked by the October 7 attacks by Hamas militants, it runs the risk of provoking other parties into getting in the fray.
The ongoing Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) project in the Gaza Strip, which has currently pushed away Tel Aviv from much of the Arab World, has created a major threat of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement ending up being actively involved in the dispute.
IDF forces stationed at the Israeli-Lebanese borders have currently been exchanging fire with Hezbollah militants on more than a single occasion in recent days, although it stays to be seen whether these hostilities will intensify.
Talking about this scenario, former United States Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter expressed his uncertainty about Israel’s capability to deal with both Hamas and Hezbollah.
He pointed out that the major military workouts carried out in Israel in the last two years were indicated to identify how the Israeli Defense Force would fare if they needed to deal with at the same time attacks from several stars– “if Hezbollah came by the border, if Syria went after the Golan Heights, if Iran began shooting rockets”– but they yielded rather unpleasant outcomes.
“And under that situation, Israel was unable to prevail, specifically with the Iranian element of the situation, without major US military intervention,” Ritter said.
He even more observed that the Israelis themselves have obviously acknowledged that they do not know the complete level of Hezbollah’s abilities which Hezbollah’s considerable toolbox of rockets might present a severe threat to Israel.
“Hezbollah can overwhelm the Iron Dome simply with its volume alone, the Iron Dome is currently going through an ammunition crunch because of what Hamas has done,” Ritter mentioned.

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