IDF chief: We’re nearing decision on whether to launch war against Hezbollah

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi says Israel is close to making a decision regarding Hezbollah’s daily attacks on northern Israel amid the Gaza war.

“We are approaching the point where a decision will have to be made, and the IDF is prepared and very ready for this decision,” Halevi says during an assessment with military officials and Fire Commissioner Eyal Caspi, at an army base in Kiryat Shmona.

“We have been attacking for eight months, and Hezbollah is paying a very, very high price. It has increased its strengths in recent days and we are prepared after a very good process of training… to move to an attack in the north,” he says.

“[We have] strong defense, readiness to attack, [and] we are approaching a decision point,” he adds.

Halevi and Caspi later met with firefighters who worked to extinguish large blazes in northern Israel over the past two days, some of which were sparked by Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks.