How to Follow Israel’s Military Achievements

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Regarding your editorial “Israel’s Opening Strike Against Iran” (Oct. 28): Israel is likely only weeks away from the culmination of its limited ground operation in Lebanon, achieving maximum military effectiveness against Hezbollah while establishing a secure buffer zone along the Lebanon border. Past a certain point, ground operations will generate diminishing returns, along with further Israeli casualties in a grinding war of attrition that only helps Hezbollah and its patron in Iran.

It’s now time for Israel to pivot, turning its battlefield successes into political leverage.

Mark Dubowitz is Chief Executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).