Ex-general: Israel will collapse if war continues for another year

Retired Israeli Major General Itzhak Brik has once again warned that if the war of attrition in Gaza continues for another year and the conflict expands into a regional war, Israel will collapse.

Brik told Radio 103FM on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to continue fighting in Gaza, and if this “war of attrition” which has recently expanded with Hezbollah, continues for another year, there is a high probability Israel may not survive.

He added that the pagers’ explosion in Lebanon has greatly reinforced the emphasis on the continuation of this war with the real danger of expanding it into a regional war on multiple fronts in which Iran may also participate, adding that this shift will accelerate the deterioration of Israel.

“The explosion of the pagers and communications devices belonging to Hezbollah members is an amazing tactical event in all respects and indicates very high-level intelligence and technological capabilities. Israel did not bear responsibility for this, but Hezbollah accuses it and vows to respond very harshly,” he said.

Brik said he met with Netanyahu six times over the past year and that “Netanyahu’s motives are not rational, but rather stem from his desire to survive at any cost.”

“He is continuing the war in which Israel cannot win against the Arab world. Terrorism has begun to take control of Jordan with the support of Iran and Hezbollah,” he claimed.

Brik said Netanyahu must stop the futile fighting against Hamas and not decide to fight against the entire Arab world.

“Israel cannot survive for long without the enlightened Western world, which is distancing itself from us,” he warned.

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