Israel Today newspaper revealed expected scenarios that the Israeli army is preparing for in the event of a new armed confrontation with the Lebanese Hezbollah.

The likelihood of another war between Israel and Lebanon is as high as ever, given the increasing number of incidents on the northern border in recent months, as well as Israel's ongoing internal crisis over judicial reform.

She pointed out that the war this time will not be limited to "one front only, but will be multi-front and overlapping, and it is not excluded that Gaza will also join the battle, and Israel will be required to confront attacks and operations in the West Bank," in addition to a donation inside the Green Line and the 1948 territories.

She explained that the Israeli security establishment knows the scenario of war with Hezbollah as dangerous and likely.

Strategic Objectives

"Other than the specific injuries to homes and thousands of injured, the strategic concern of the security system is the damage that may be caused to the continuation of the state's performance of its tasks, the electricity network, communications, the Internet, the food supply chain and the ability to provide services to citizens following the cessation of work," the newspaper said.

In the context of the "dangerous and likely" scenario in the security system, it is possible that Hezbollah, Iran and their proxies will succeed in striking well-known and fixed strategic facilities in Israel, such as power stations, in a way that makes Israel live in darkness for long hours, she said.

"The serious fear is that a precision blow to power plants will be very damaging to the ability to produce electricity, without which communications will also be disrupted, affecting defense capabilities."

Missiles and the Home Front

Regarding Hezbollah's rocket capability, the report noted that Israel "will need to deal with an unprecedented number of rockets fired at its territory daily, using 6,1500 rockets in the early days of the war and between 2000,<> and <>,<> later."

"These figures are astronomical in particular, compared to the 294 rockets fired at Israel on average per day during Operation Shield and Arrow of the IDF in the spring," she said, referring to recent wars on the Gaza Strip.

The potential rocket bombardment and Hezbollah-led campaign would kill nearly 500 civilians, not including soldiers, and injure thousands.

"The scenario suggests that the biggest challenge will be on the domestic scene, with security forces likely to need to deal with several internal unrest at the same time."

The newspaper touched on what Israel will suffer in terms of transportation and the work environment, "in the security system they point to the possibility that there will be no entry to airports in Israel, and that foreign flights will stop and roads will be closed," noting that the most prominent fear "is that the Palestinians from inside will not comply with their vital work as truck drivers, in such a situation the supply chain will be interrupted."

According to security estimates, "about 50% of the settlers will be absent from their work, about 70% will be absent from vital facilities, and the vital sector will suffer about 20% of absenteeism," Israel reported today.

Given the above, one can perhaps understand the IDF's reluctance to be drawn into war with Hezbollah and instead opt for moderate reactions to its provocations.