Neither Lebanon nor the UN has ever made any serious efforts to rein in Hezbollah over the years, and the world remained silent while these terrorists attacked Israel almost every day for more than 11 months. Not that anyone ever listens to me, but I’ve been saying repeatedly that if no one stepped in to try to stop Hezbollah from attacking, then Israel would be forced to do so – and that is exactly what’s happening now.
We are finally taking a stand against Hezbollah, after months of terror, the destruction of much of the north, lost homes and communities, injuries, deaths, lost income… Life in Northern Israel has been decimated and has become unbearable because no one gave a damn about the hundreds of thousands of innocent Israeli civilians whose lives were upended. I fear we won’t know the full scope of the damage until after this is all over, and I’m scared to see how much worse it is than I imagine.
And now, just like in 2006, Lebanon is learning once again that allowing Hezbollah to operate freely on its territory will, sadly, be costly for them, as the Lebanese government allows itself to serve as the battleground for yet another war with Israel started by Hezbollah. Maybe this time around, the Lebanese will finally get angry enough to do something to keep it from happening again. It’s a shame it had to come to this.
