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the head of military intelligence; Gadi Zohar

we were confronting the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia

he was concerned that Israel would retreat

I know that he wasn’t assuming we could necessarily achieve a

the “bilateral tracks” – between Israel and negotiators from Syria

had the search for a way both to control the

something I think even most Israelis were

it responded with intensified rocket fire.

we began our heaviest air strikes since 1982. Far from producing

and that Rabin and the government could then secure

along with leaflet drops and radio messages

000 Lebanese civilians who lived in the immediate border

the air strikes would intensify. The aim was not

in the unlikely event Hizbollah showed signs

who had founded a small right-wing party called Tsomet

and Rabin invariably puffing on a cigarette. He never raised questions of

he’d ask me in to chat before going home. We would sit around a

the tragedy at Tze’elim would dramatically

and that the injured soldiers were cared for and evacuated

had played a direct role in what went wrong in the exercise