a moment that Hezbollah's position 1s "avoid provoking Israel") — it 1s still not hard to imagine an event, or damage to Hezbollah's (or Nasrallah's) assets or prestige, that could lead it , despite its basic position, to take action contrary to its true fundamental position.
¢ Incidentally, this doesn't apply solely to "Hezbollah" — but to us too.
e¢ Therefore, the working assumptions and the operational deployment must include the possibility of deterioration into a wide- scale confrontation with Hezbollah.
¢ And now, to Iran — which under certain circumstances might be the element that ignites or incites "Hezbollah" into action.
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