Israeli army chief threatens to 'send Lebanon 50 years back in time'

Israel’s outgoing army chief Aviv Kohavi has warned that if a new war broke out with Hezbollah, Israel would send Lebanon 50 years back in time through what he called “waves of firepower” that Israel would unleash on the Iranian-backed group as well as against Lebanese national infrastructure.

“Hezbollah and (its leader Sayyed Hassan) Nasrallah know that Lebanon will be hit in an unprecedented way which it has never experienced in its history,” Kohavi said in an English-language interview published by The Jeursalem Post.

“A third Lebanon war will see a powerful attack that they have never experienced. They know this,” he added.

Noting that the bank of Hezbollah targets Israel has today is “unprecedented,” Kohavi said that “it ranges from the southern border with Lebanon up to Beirut, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Bekaa Valley in the east.”

“Lebanon is blanketed with thousands and thousands of targets,” the Israeli commander added.

“We significantly improved our operational plans, and there are waves of firepower that will strike all of these targets and will cause large and unprecedented damage to Lebanon, including to national infrastructure which supports terror, such as electrical power stations and other infrastructure,” he said, hailing a “clear increase” in Israel’s “offensive capabilities.”