##HEZBOLLAH:The time for the remedy is now. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi is the founder and chairman of IDSF -Israel Defense And Security Forum. During his service, Amir held a series of senior roles in the IDF, including Deputy Comptroller of the Security For
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##HEZBOLLAH:The time for the remedy is now. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi is the founder and chairman of IDSF -Israel Defense And Security Forum. During his service, Amir held a series of senior roles in the IDF, including Deputy Comptroller of the Security Forces, Director of the Office of the Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander of the Gaza Division, Commander of the Sagi Division, Commander of Battalion 605 and Commander of the School of Combat Engineering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/world/middleeast/escalation-between-israel-and-hezbollah-puts-pressure-on-gaza-cease-fire-talks.html
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| 0:42.0 | My colleague and friend Malcolm Ho-line Conference, the President's major American Jewish |
| 0:46.0 | organizations. |
| 0:47.0 | We go immediately to Israel outside of Tel Aviv and welcome Brigadier General |
| 0:51.5 | Reserve Amir Avivi. |
| 0:53.2 | He is founder and chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum. |
| 0:58.4 | General, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:00.2 | Thank you for us, for this speaking speaking with us we are watching the apparent |
| 1:05.1 | success in Gaza and the threatened northern border of Israel by Hezbollah what is |
| 1:11.7 | your measure of these nine months of warfighting? Good |
| 1:14.6 | evening to you. Thank you very much. Good evening. I think that we're dealing |
| 1:20.8 | with a very complex and huge threat in Gaza. |
| 1:26.3 | Hamas has built itself to the size of all of ISIS. |
| 1:31.1 | All of ISIS was like 35 to 40,000 terrorists, not as well trained and not equipped as Hamas. |
| 1:39.2 | Hamas is much stronger. |
| 1:41.7 | Therefore, it comes as no surprise that to deal with the infrastructure and with Hamas, |
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