Chief of Staff Gen. Rafael Eitan said yesterday that only a military strike by Israel could put an end to terrorist harassment from Lebanon. The problem, he indicated, could not be solved by political means.
Addressing students at a religious high school in Tiberias, the Chief of Staff said the Syrian antiaircraft missiles deployed in eastern Lebanon represented “a military nuisance” to Israel. It is being dealt with on the political level. But, he observed, the problem of Iraq’s nuclear reactor had also been dealt with first on the political level. In the end it had to be destroyed by Israel’s Air Force.
Commenting on the Persian Gulf war, Eitan welcomed the recent setback of Iraq at the hands of the Iranians. An Iraqi defeat would be good for Israel, he claimed.
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