Following a situational assessment that took place in the IDF, it was decided to recruit reservists to the air defense system. This is as part of the preparations for a massive Iranian attack as revenge for the assassination of the commander of the holy forces of Lebanon and Syria in Damascus. Nissim Mashal and Liat Ron discussed this morning (Thursday) on 103FM about the escalation on the northern front With Major General (res.) Noam Tivon, former commander of the IOS division and the northern brother-in-law, who retired.
"I think the first lesson from October Seven is to prepare very seriously in the face of any threat," claimed Tivon. "As soon as you prepare seriously, you reduce the chance of a serious injury. We in the IDF should prepare, in my opinion, for three threats - ballistic threats of missiles and rockets from all places they can launch, including from Iran, and that is why we have the 'Arrow' and the higher layer . A second option is a ground operation, here too you have to prepare for it very seriously. And a third option, which is less of the IDF and more of an institution, should be prepared around the world."
Tivon continued to emphasize that "all things must be done very seriously - when you prepare well in defense, the chance that you will be significantly harmed is small. I think that the elimination of that Iranian official, who is actually the most senior official, is the commander of the Iranian activity in Lebanon and Syria that caused us a lot of damage. The man is He is a son of death and it is good that he is dead. This is a world view that all our enemies, from Sinwar and in general, need to understand - the State of Israel will harm you."
General Noam Tivon, first press conference of the "Fighters for Equality in the Burden" forum, March 12, 2024/Uri Sela
"I don't think we are on the threshold of a regional war," he admitted and added: "We in the north are winning tactically with a wonderful operation by the IDF, losing strategically because the north is evacuated and our government is not functioning, and they have not even established an administration for the residents of the north. You can't blame Hezbollah for this, they don't take care of the residents of the north. Regarding a deal, yes, we should avoid a war on two fronts, an all-out war. What is happening in the north is that all the time both Israel and Hezbollah keep the exchange of blows below the threshold of war, and it is doubtful whether Iran now, especially with a massive American presence here in the region, would want to start an all-out war. They talked about revenge, for which you have to prepare very seriously. Just get ready."
He also harshly attacked the conduct of the government since the outbreak of the Iron Swords War, with an emphasis on the northern arena. "There is no government in Israel, it is not functioning. It does not act in accordance with Israel's interests in the war but out of political considerations. We are at the beginning of the holiday of freedom and we are in an unbearable situation that we still have abductees in Gaza. To remind you, these abductees arrived in Gaza because of the great failure of Shiva in October. The negotiations are being led by very serious people, it is stuck with Netanyahu who, due to political considerations, does not give them the freedom of action."
Tivon also asked to refer to the southern arena and resented: "In the north of the Gaza Strip today there are hundreds of thousands who are there, we have an interest in evacuating part of the south so that if we want to operate in Rafah we can - they created a spin here that is cut off from the territory just to make it difficult. There are conditions here for a deal to mature, all of us You understand what the situation is there. I was in the tunnels in Gaza a long time ago, I wouldn't trust anyone. I would have done it in the first week of the war. What they say about the north of the Gaza Strip is spin. They should be given the opportunity to close a deal before the holiday of freedom, so that we can celebrate Passover. It is impossible to celebrate today when they are sitting in the tunnels."
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