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The Israeli Knesset channel quoted Israeli Professor Eyal Zisser, Vice President of Tel Aviv University and an expert on Middle East affairs, as sharply criticizing the performance of the political and military levels in the current confrontation with Hezbollah, stressing that “official statements do not reflect the reality on the ground.”
Zisser doubted the feasibility of talking about “destroying Hezbollah’s capabilities,” considering that the numbers given by the occupation do not mean neutralizing the threat. He explained that “even if we destroyed two-thirds of the party’s missiles, this means that 60,000 missiles remain out of 180,000, and if we target two thousand fighters, this means that it has tens of thousands more.” Zisser stressed that these data leave no room for surprise regarding Hezbollah’s continued strength.
Military confusion without real resolution
In a diagnosis of the reality of the Israeli leadership, Zisser said: “I do not think that the army knows what it wants to do currently in Lebanon,” describing the statements of the political level as “detached from reality” and directed for media consumption and the popular base.
He pointed out that there is a conflict in goals. While some generals acknowledge the inability to disarm Hezbollah, the Chief of Staff passes this goal on “to future generations,” claiming that he “has not abandoned this goal.”
The Israeli expert revealed that “Israel” is still in a “state of shock” since October 7, 2023, noting that the immediate mission of establishing a security fence to prevent infiltration, controlling towns, and removing the threat of anti-tank missiles for a distance of kilometers, are “goals that are unlikely to be achieved,” adding that “Israel” is moving from one round of attrition to another without any real resolution.
Today, Sunday, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant stated that there was an incomplete estimate at the beginning of the war of Hezbollah’s capabilities, noting that the party’s failure to respond in previous stages, including attacks in October 2024 and June 2025, led some parties to believe that it would not respond later, pointing out that “there is a gap between the declared goals and the operational plans.”
