I'm John Batchel. Bill Raggio, Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracy, my colleague and co-host,

and we're very pleased to have a report from Lebanon, thanks to David Diyud of the Foundation for

Defense of Democracy, watching the explosion of contact between the IDF, the IAF, and the Hezbollah Army.

The Hezbollah Army, as you will all recall, entered into a ceasefire at some point as the wind-down of the Gaza War developed into second and third and fourth week. Since then, however, the IDF has maintained close watch of southern Lebanon. This is below the Latani River. That is no longer the

case. The IDF and the IAF are striking the Hezbollah wherever they believe there are

concentrations of troops, arsenals being displayed for firing into Israel or leadership. David has

been following his store very carefully. And the question of the

Hezbollah war is a version of what we can believe the U.S. plan was in Iran. It has not worked

in the same direction. But then again, is the Hezbollah war successful? Nasrallah, the charismatic leader of Hezbollah, was decapitated along

with his leadership early in the conflict, and since then, Hezbollah has been strangely uncoordinated.

But, David, a very good evening to you.

I stop with the butt because I am lost as to the IDF's planning,

dealing with South of Lutani and then in Beirut. Good day to you, David.

Good day, John. Look, I think, you know, Lebanon is just like as with Gaza, as with any

instance where you're trying to uproot a whole organization, you have a dilemma

in that you can't obviously allow this organization to continue to grow, to metastasize,

because there is no coming to a permanent modus vivendi with these groups. They will continue

to build up their strength

and prepare for the day to strike.

So you must ensure that that day never comes.

At the same time, eliminating these groups

is much harder than a mere military campaign.

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