Israel prepares Western governments for another carpet bombing of Lebanese towns

Sending Hezbollah a message: Israel is ready (to massacre civilians when it is defeated by superior soldiers, SPSC)
Yaakov Katz
Jerusalem Post 9 July 2010

[Israel]"...is now preparing the world for what will happen in the event of a new war. By showing the public the Hizbullah positions in villages, they will likely better understand why there will be so much devastation throughout Lebanon."

On Wednesday, top IDF officers revealed that the air force today has thousands of designated targets it can bomb if war were to break out...

In a 2008 newspaper interview, OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot explained what will happen in a new conflict.

The IDF’s plan for a future war, he said, would be based on the “Dahiya doctrine” – in reference to Hizbullah’s stronghold in Beirut which was flattened by IAF smart bombs during the war.

Israeli soldiers routinely use human shields (1)“What happened in the Dahiya neighborhood of Beirut in 2006 will happen in every village from which Israel is fired on,” Eizenkot said. “We will apply disproportionate force on it and cause great damage and destruction there. From our standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases.”

More recently, at a conference in Tel Aviv, Eizenkot explained that the IDF will first attack immediate threats, and will then begin warning the civilian population throughout southern Lebanon to vacate their homes ahead of a ground offensive and aerial bombardment.

“I am convinced that this mode of operations is moral and is the right way to operate,” he said. “Hizbullah is the one that is turning these hundreds of villages into war zones.”

For Israeli soldiers, all Arab civilians are fair game for clubs... [Israel]...is now preparing the world for what will happen in the event of a new war. By showing the public the Hizbullah positions in villages, they will likely better understand why there will be so much devastation throughout Lebanon.

Israel’s main problem with Hizbullah continues to be its unprecedented military buildup. In 2006, Hizbullah had 14,000 fighters compared to 30,000 today...
Full report in Israeli intelligence mouthpiece Jerusalem Post 9 July 2010

For a decisive rebuttal of Israeli claims that Hezbollah uses human shields,
see Jonathan Cook from Nazareth, Israel, Not Hizbullah, is Putting Civilians in Danger on Both Sides of the Border, Counterpunch, 3 August 2006

 

...or high explosives...

 

 

 

 

 

 

...or white phosphorous...