Experience of previous wars makes Israel wary of the conflict but military achievements so far and low death rate among the Israeli troops serve to bolster popular opinion
Israel i soldiers carry the coffin of Sgt Yoav Agmon in Givat Ada. He was one of four Israel i soldiers killed in a Hizbullah drone attack on a training base south of Haifa city on Sunday. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP
A survey by the Israel Democracy Institute at the start of the October 1st ground invasion found that 90 per cent of Jewish Israelis believe that launching a war against Hizbullah was the correct move . A large majority of Israelis, more than 70 per cent, think both the Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s civilian population would be able to withstand an extended war on two or more fronts.
The parallels with the first and second Lebanon wars are palpable. The aim of the 1982 and 2024 campaigns were also ostensibly to distance militants from Israel’s northern border and remove the threat of rockets and missiles being fired on Israeli communities.
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