On Monday, November 25, 2019, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) conducted a simulation to examine various scenarios dealing with the State of Israel’s northern front, titled: “Between a Third Lebanon War and a First Northern War.” Participating in the simulation were INSS researchers, including former IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot, who recently joined the Institute as a Senior Research Fellow. The simulation focused on Israeli security cabinet discussions, which included the top military leadership and the political echelon, in the course of two combat scenarios: a “Third Lebanon War” – a confrontation with Hezbollah in Lebanon; and a “First Northern War” – a wider confrontation also involving Syria and additional theaters such as Iraq. Similarly discussed was the prospect of a preventive war on Hezbollah, and specifically, against the organization’s precision missile project.
