Looming threat

'Don't turn a blind eye to Hizbullah' - Sheera Frenkel

Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on Tuesday morning called for precautionary steps to be taken against a potential escalation of violence along the northern border. "Hizbullah has returned to its pre-war status, re-arming and returning to southern Lebanon," he said.

Ben-Eliezer advised Defense Minister Amir Peretz to listen to Intelligence assessments and not "turn a blind eye," Army Radio reported.

[Jerusalem Post]

UPDATE:

'IDF ready to implement lessons of war'
The new IDF chief [General Gabi Ashkenazi] implied that Israel may have to confront Hizbullah to halt the guerrilla group's attempts to rearm.