Debkafiles: ’Israeli’ Leaders Criticized for under-Reacting to Threats from Syria

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"Israeli" debkafile reported that senior "Israel" military officers, especially in the Northern Command, estimate that the "Israeli" performance is just 40 percent of what it should be for defending the Zionist entity, in the face of the threats building up from the Golan.

According to the report "For too long, "Israeli" intelligence has been in thrall to the misconception that Bashar al-Assad's days are numbered and underestimated Hizbullah's combat effectiveness in the Syrian war."

"Friday, an Iron Dome anti-missile battery was finally deployed to the northern Haifa, after a different kind of rhetoric was heard from "Israeli" leaders in the last 48 hours," it mentioned.

Addressing a surprise Golani Brigade drill on the Golan, June 26, "Israeli" Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said firmly: "This is not a theoretical exercise: The situation around us is volatile and inflammable. We must break the enemy, make them scared to death in order to win."

The next day, Thursday, "Israeli" Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, speaking at the graduation of new Air Force pilots said: "The region is shaking from south to north."

Air Force chief, Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel was both enigmatic and revealing when he said that most air force activity was "covert and unseen, bordering on fantasy."
Assuming that the prime minister and the generals were referring to actual activities, debkafile's military sources asked what they have achieved.

Why was Bashar al-Assad allowed to array forces in southern Syria opposite the Golan ready for an offensive against "Israel"?
The "Israeli" sources reported that the Syrian deployment includes suicide commando troops for crossing into the "Golan to conduct multiple casualty strikes against "Israeli" settlements and military bases. Among them are Hizbullah fighters, who have taken up position in southern Syria opposite the "Israeli" border."

In the face of these advances by the allied forces of Iran, Syria, Hizbullah, the "Israeli" prime minister and War Minister Moshe Ya'alon are still broadcasting the view that al-Assad is faring badly in the war and that Hizbullah is taking heavy casualties and its combat performance is below par.

The blind eye they turn to the real situation in Syria results in the "Israeli" being held back from performing more than around 40 percent of what is required in the current circumstances, said debkafile's military sources. Most of the army's activities are covert and can't be revealed.

According to the "Israeli" sources, the US, Saudi Arabia, "Israel" and Jordan are forming up to move in on a section of southern Syria to compensate for their inability to prevent Aleppo falling to the army. The idea is to let the Syrian ruler seize control of the North, while the US, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel push the Syrian army and Hizbullah out of the South - a kind of volatile partition which it is hard to imagine Tehran accepting lying down.

This concept has two more major flaws:

1. The US and "Israel" are too slow and hesitant to achieve their goal before al-Assad steps in to put a stop to their plan.

2. For now, there is no sign that "the enemy is scared to death."
 
Source: debkafiles, Edited by website team