War To Come To Israel

Looks like war is coming again to Israel. This time, though, it will start with a bang, not a whimpering kidnapping of IDF soldiers.

WorldNetDaily reported today that Gaza appears to be readying for war.

Hamas has succeeded in smuggling "hundreds of tons" of weapons from Egypt into the Gaza Strip and is preparing for the possibility of launching a large-scale conflict with Israel, according to a report by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.

The report, drafted by Fatah's General Security Services and obtained by WND, stated Hamas has smuggled from the Egyptian Sinai desert between several hundred and 1,300 tons of advanced rockets; anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles; rocket propelled grenades; raw explosives; rifles; ammunition; and other heavy weaponry.

Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip last year. In a deal brokered in November by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Egypt-Gaza border, once controlled by the Jewish state, now is manned by Egyptian and Palestinian security officials and is observed by European monitors. The monitors reportedly have fled their duty several times the past few months.

But that's not all.

Ynet News reported yesterday that Israel has completed its withdrawal from southern Lebanon.

IDF sources confirmed Sunday that Israeli army forces have completed their withdrawal from southern Lebanon, in accordance with the decision of the political and military echelons.

The IDF said in a statement that it holds the “Lebanese government responsible for peace and security in its territory.”

Another officer told Ynet earlier that the first forces would depart Lebanon from several areas: "The decision to pull the forces out, despite the fact that there are still unresolved issued in the coordination with UNIFIL, was made because there is no longer a point in keeping the soldiers in the region. These differences can be bridged after the troops are in Israel," he explained.

Of course, that doesn't mean war is coming. Of course. But this does:

Breitbart reported today that Lebanon is moving its army to its southern border (with Israel) for the first time in 40 years.

The Lebanese army will confront any new Israeli "aggressions", Army Commander Brigadier General Michel Sleiman has warned as the military deployed along the southern borders for the first time in almost 40 years.

"I call on you to confront any Israeli aggressions and violations," Sleiman told conscripts during a ceremony in which the Lebanese flag was hoisted on a hilltop in the border village of Labbouneh for the first time since 1970.

The deployment "to monitor the southern borders and the maritime and territorial borders is meant to prevent aggressions as well as the smuggling of weapons and other prohibited items," he added.

Now, just how long will it be before the Lebanase army spots something it considers "Israeli aggression"? And if Israel disputes the claims that it's being aggressive, whose side will the UN take in the dispute?

Hezbollah is still armed. Lebanon is sending an army to the Israeli border. And Gaza is arming with "hundreds of tons" of weaponry. By the time the attack on Israel comes, I hope Israel's leadership has discovered the will to fight to win.