He spoke on condition of anonymity

He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose military
tactics.
Retired general Yaakov Amidror told Army Radio that the prevailing Israeli assessment is
that Hezbollah has no interest at this point in a bruising war with Israel. Both the
militant group — and more important, Iran — prefer to keep Hezbollah primed to assault
Israel in the event Iran is attacked, Amidror said.
But in the current situation, Amidror said he would advise the military to "cast aside all
these learned assessments from me and others" because the situation in Lebanon is so
unsettled.
"Things are liable to slip out of the hands of decision-makers," he said. "You never know
in such a volatile and delicate situation, where everyone has a lot of weapons, a lot of
resentment, a lot of frustration — you never know where it could lead."
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said late Wednesday that Israel was
"closely following events but this is a strictly internal Lebanese affair."