but we heard amir avivi _ israelis, don't do this.ctually, anything that goes forward, even coordination if in fact, hezbollah is involved, they have 150,000 precision missiles plus more from iran, surely the last thing the americans want is a broader middle east confrontation.— east confrontation. exactly, and i think if the _ east confrontation. exactly, and i think if the reporting _ east confrontation. exactly, and i think if the reporting is _ east confrontation. exactly, and i think if the reporting is correct, l east confrontation. exactly, and i think if the reporting is correct, i | think if the reporting is correct, i think— think if the reporting is correct, i think there — think if the reporting is correct, i think there were voices within the israeii _ think there were voices within the israeii war— think there were voices within the israeli war cabinet that seems to want _ israeli war cabinet that seems to want to— israeli war cabinet that seems to want to pre—empt hezbollah and not wait for— want to pre—empt hezbollah a

joining me now is amir avivi, reserve brigadier—general in the israel defence forces — and a former deputyf�*s gaza division. is the major military operation on the ground — is the major military operation on the ground now an inevitability, do you think? — the ground now an inevitability, do ou think? , �* , the ground now an inevitability, do ou think? , �*, ., , ., you think? yes, it's inevitable for a simle you think? yes, it's inevitable for a simple reason. _ you think? yes, it's inevitable for a simple reason. the _ you think? yes, it's inevitable for| a simple reason. the government you think? yes, it's inevitable for - a simple reason. the government has decided to completely destroy hamas and palestinian islamichhad. there's no way to do itjust by attacking from the air. we need a massive ground operation, we need control of the gaza strip and then we really need to dismantle this organisation, its infrastructure, leaders and terrorists. find organisation, its infrastructure, leaders and terrorists.- organisation, its infrastructure, leaders and terrorists. and in that scale opera

. >> judge jeanine: all right, brigadier general amir avivi, thank you for joining us this evening.wish you to safety and we wish you luck. thank you. all right, what my the idea expect with eminent fighting begins? mike tobin went to find out, mike. >> judge, we are shy of two weeks since the massacre of october 7th. we had an opportunity to speak with an american-born israeli commander. we can't give you his identity, but he ended up fighting in his own neighborhood on october 7th. he says he has never seen combat like this. >> basically what we did was anywhere from the gaza border to the settlement itself. when we identified terrorists coming in or going out with hostages, we attack them. >> that complicates things. you can't: air strike then. >> exactly you don't know if anyone going out has civilians with them, children, women, things like that. every attack has to be very precise. we have times when we went into a place and the terrorist was just a soldier in older to confuse us and surprise us. >> you have to make an instant decision. >> exactly, shoot or be shot. even thoug