A prominent Iranian IRGC commander claims that even though Israel may be militarily strong, a well-planned assault may still defeat it.
This month, an interview with IRGC commander Hossein Salami, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was published on the website of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Salami claimed that Hezbollah and the Palestinians needed to start a “ground battle.”
Salami praised the recent mini wars that have erupted in southern Lebanon and Gaza Strip because of Hezbollah and Palestinian rocket assaults on Israel, according to translations given by MEMRI. However, he said, “missiles are great for deterrence or for fighting static conflicts. They fail to free the lands.
The Palestinians must go beyond sporadic terrorist attacks and missile barrages if they are to accomplish their long-stated objective of destroying Israel and replacing it with the State of Palestine.
One could understandably question how in the world a ground army from the Palestinians and Hezbollah, especially one with thousands of soldiers, could possibly defeat the air force and armored forces at Israel’s disposal.
Salami thinks that despite its superior equipment, Israel’s army has the same degree of religious passion and conviction that distinguishes Hezbollah, the Palestinians, and the Islamic Republic.
The Palestinians are prepared for ground combat today, he continued. The main area of weakness for Israel is ground combat.
According to senior military analysts, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired over 600 rockets toward towns in Israel last month with the support of the world’s largest supporter of terrorism, the Iranian IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps).