Iranian Commander Says Time for Ground War Against Israel
Top Iranian military commander believes Hezbollah and the Palestinians are ready to actually invade and conquer Israel.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Hossein Salami on Aug.19, 2022
Israel might be powerful militarily, but a top Iranian commander says that doesn’t mean it can’t be beaten with a well-executed invasion.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website posted an interview this month with Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who argued that the Palestinians and Hezbollah must launch a “ground war.”
According to translations provided by MEMRI, Salami lauded Palestinian and Hezbollah missile attacks on Israel, which have sparked numerous recent mini-wars in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. But, he argued, “missiles are excellent for deterrence or for waging static wars. They do not liberate the lands.”
To actually achieve the Palestinians’ long-stated goal of destroying Israel and supplanting it with a State of Palestine, they must move beyond isolated terrorist assaults and missile barrages.
One might rightly wonder how in the world a Palestinian and Hezbollah ground force, even one that numbered of many thousands of troops, could possibly overcome the air power and armored forces at Israel’s disposal.
Salami believes this is possible because Israel’s army, as well-equipped as it is, lacks the same level of religious fervor and belief that characterizes the Hezbollah, the Palestinians and the Islamic Republic.
He added: “The Palestinians are ready today for ground warfare. Israel’s biggest weakness is ground warfare.”
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A lot of the Iranian threats are for internal consumption. Not all of them are.
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