IDF military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevy said Wednesday before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that there are low chances for the outbreak of war with either Hamas or Hezbollah, because the two terror organizations are not interested in a military confrontation with Israel.
According to sources who were present at the closed-door discussion, the MI chief explained that Hezbollah is embroiled in fighting in Syria and does not want to open an additional front with Israel at the moment. However, he added that whenever the next conflict with Hezbollah does break out, the Lebanese army will join the war because of Lebanon’s growing dependence on Iranian aid.
Addressing the State Comptroller report on Operation Protective Edge, which was released on Tuesday, Halevy praised the quality of intelligence gathered by Israel ahead of and during the war and said that cooperation with the rest of Israel’s intelligence organizations is very good today. According to sources who were present during Halevy’s briefing, he said that the IDF has more information on tunnels today than it did in the past, but that there will always be surprises. However, he added that while the tunnels are dangerous, they do not constitute an existential threat to Israel.
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