One suspects that Hezbollah has already figured this out. Has Iran? At the very least, residents of southern Lebanon grasp it now, and those in the Bekaa Valley may be learning it as this gets published.
In case anyone else hasn’t figured it out, Benjamin Netanyahu spelled out Israel’s new security strategy after October 7. They will pre-empt attacks rather than wait for their enemies to throw the first punch:
The IDF is pre-empting threats rather than waiting to respond to attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as he held security consultations as the IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and called on civilians in Southern Lebanon to evacuate.
“For those who have not yet understood, I want to clarify Israel’s policy – we do not wait for a threat. We pre-empt it everywhere, in any arena, at any time.
“We are eliminating senior officials, terrorists, destroying missiles -…
