The threat level Hezbollah poses against Israel has been overhyped, former IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi stated Wednesday - despite a recent IDF simulation predicting some 1,500 rockets on Israeli citizens per day.
"Hamas cannot conquer the Negev and Hezbollah cannot take the Galilee," Ashkenazi stated at a ceremony for Kineret Academic College in Tel Aviv.
Ashkenazi also opined that Israel's enemies are, if anything, weaker than they were in 1967.
"Today, the IDF is faced with threats which have been diluted," he said. "It's not like the Syrian of Egyptian army."
"I am not disparaging them [Hamas and Hezbollah]," he added, explaining that they are unpredictable. "Everything has changed." (Read More)
