IDF General: Hizbullah Claim of Victory "Bizarre"

[Ynet News] Hanan Greenberg - Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Gantz, Commander of the IDF's Ground Forces, speaking at Tel Aviv University on Tuesday, tried to explain the "strange phenomenon" of Hizbullah's perceived victory during the second Lebanon war. "It's bizarre to me that Hizbullah claims victory in the war, after they lost between 500 to 800 operatives, sustained severe damage to their long-range missile launching capabilities, and had thousands of sites in Lebanon destroyed, which will take them years to rebuild," he said. According to Gantz, in order to achieve a better result in combat in the future, we must bring about an undisputed result, which is sharp, tangible, clear and quick.


2007-01-17 01:00:00

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