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「イスラエルはシリアなどとの全面戦争の準備を始めよ」IDF(イスラエル国防軍)当局者がイギリス・サンデータイムズ紙に語った。別の当局者は「イランとシリアの脅威はイスラエル国防上(パレスチナ以上の)重大な脅威である」と語った。
ヒズボラとの紛争やイラン核開発は、イスラエル国防戦略の再考を余儀なくさせ、2つの主要テロ支援国家への対応の必要性を明白にした、と軍関係者は語った。(イスラエルがこれまでの紛争から得た)結論の一つは、ガザや西岸でのパレスチナ人テロにあまりに軍事力を割きすぎたということである。
ロンドンIISS(国際戦略問題研究所)によると、シリア・イランのミサイルはイスラエルのほぼ全域を射程に収めている。イスラエルではシェルター建設への予算が計上されている。
シリア・イラン対策として、国境の後方で作戦を行う精鋭部隊がすでに編成されている。さらにレバノン戦争直後、Eliezer Shkedy将軍がイラン戦線の司令官に任命された。将軍は来るべきシリア・イランとの戦争の指揮を取る予定である。
(ネオコン暗黒王子)リチャード・パールをはじめとする専門家は、レバノン紛争中にシリアを攻撃しておけば、紛争はより早く、かつイスラエルに有利に終結したであろうと指摘している。「シリア軍は張子の虎で、(IDFが攻撃を始めれば)シリア空軍は地上で数日中に壊滅する」とパールは主張している。
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Israel has to prepare for a full-scale war, in which Syria will be an important player, an Israeli military official told the British Sunday Times. "The challenge from Iran and Syria is now top of the Israeli defense agenda, higher than the Palestinian one," another official said.
The recent war with Hizbullah and the threat that Iran could achieve nuclear weapons capability have led Israel to reexamine its defense strategies, and focus on the region's two major supporters of terrorism, IDF sources have said recently. One conclusion is that Israel has allocated too much time and energy to addressing the terror threat posed by Palestinian groups in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
According to London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, both Iran and Syria have ballistic missiles whose range extends over most of Israel, including Tel Aviv. Funds have reportedly been approved for the construction of appropriately equipped shelters.
Eyeing Syria, the IDF has formed a new infantry brigade, known as Kfir (young lion), as a countermeasure against Syria's commando forces, which are considered "better" than Hizbullah guerrillas, a military source informed the Times. The IDF is also reportedly integrating three elite brigades in preparation for them cooperating on deep cross-border operations into Syria and Iran.
Also, shortly before the Lebanon war, Maj.-Gen. Eliezer Shkedy was appointed head of the IDF's Iranian Front - and as such will command any future strikes against Syria or Iran.
Some analysts say that it would have been better for Israel to attack Syria during the recent war with Hizbullah. Syria has consistently supplied Hizbullah with weapons, and according to recent UN reports, has continued to smuggle arms to the organization despite an international embargo. "If they had acted against Syria during this last kerfuffle, the war might have ended more quickly and better," American analyst Richard Perle said.
"Syrian military installations are sitting ducks and the Syrian air force could have been destroyed on the ground in a couple of days," Perle continued.