Israel's quiet success: The decapitation of Hizbullah?
From Gertz ...
Despite its poor public showing in the recent war in southern Lebanon, Israeli intelligence and special operations commandos in recent days have scored major hits against Hizbullah leaders.
As many as eight of the top 10 Hizbullah leaders were killed by commandos and intelligence personnel in southern Lebanon, the officials said. But U.S. officials said the covert action campaign failed to eliminate Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who remains a key target.
Israel has stepped up operations against Hizbullah leaders since the imposition of a cease-fire. The Israelis believe that the decapitation campaign is vital to limiting the Hizbullah threat.
Hizbullah, for its part, is stepping up intelligence operations against Israel. These include plans for leadership attacks, sabotage and kidnapping.
Hizbullah will attempt to reduce its conventional military activities but increase covert action attacks in Gaza and the northern West Bank. Signs of the activity have already been detected with Hizbullah personnel and weapons detected moving into the Palestinian areas.
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