War 'Zero Hour' … Israel's Discovery of Nasrallah Hideout, Western Sources

Western sources have uncovered that the "zero hour" for an Israeli attack against Lebanon will start when the Mossad is able to locate the hiding place of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
The sources were speaking to the Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper. Their remarks were published Friday.

"Israel will wage war the minute it discovers the whereabouts of Nasrallah's hideout whatever the time or circumstances," one Western source said.

"At that moment, Israel will launch a set of objectives all at once, and then comes the zero hour in an open confrontation," he added.

The sources said Israel believes that the discovery of Nasrallah's whereabouts will make the crucial battle decision "halfway through."

Nasrallah has been living in hiding since 2006 for fear of Israeli assassins and rarely appears in public.

The sources said talk about fears of an Israeli war no longer was exaggerated in view of the "quality" of weapons in Hizbullah's hands.

"Consequently, it has become impossible to remain silent about the capabilities of that party (Hizbullah) and the increase of its stockpile of rockets," the source went on to say.

The sources believe that the U.S. Administration has forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sit at the dialogue table and continue indirect peace talks with the Palestinians in an effort to "curtail mounting Arab cries" demanding a fair end to the Palestinian cause.

But everyone is aware, according to the same sources, that not more than «morphine» that will not last more than several months because Netanyahu is determined to resume settlement expansion plans in occupied East Jerusalem, meaning that what is happening now is short-lived.

They said Israel's position stems from the will of the hardline Israeli government to maintain its "threatened existence" and the Jewish state believes that any compromise on its part would put it at risk and portray the country as weak, and consequently, open others' appetite to attack.

For that reason, the Western sources believe that this calm will not last for long.

They said Hizbullah and Hamas, together with Iran and Syria, are capable of taking the initiative against Israel in the event that Tel Aviv remained "silent" about the growing capabilities of the Hizbullah-Hamas-Iran-Syria axis.

But Israel is likely to launch a pre-emptive war to "avoid the biggest danger" – Hizbullah, the sources added.

They said Israel has recently begun massing "invisible" troops on its border as part of a willingness to stay ready if it should decide to launch a sudden and quick strike against Lebanese territory.

The sources pointed out that Israel is gathering intelligence information to make its first strike against Hizbullah a success through its efforts to destroy weapons caches and depots' stockpiles of its missile force.

The sources did not rule out the possibility that Washington has agreed to supply Israel with electromagnetic HMP and EMP missiles capable of destroying power plants, telecommunication facilities and human beings.

They said the U.S. has filled the gap of the Israeli army following the July 2006 war on Lebanon.

Beirut, 07 May 10, 08:20