Reply #28: Israel had two choices

[whosinpower]

The first choice with their intelligence findings would be to privately tell Unifil to allow Unifil to investigate that intelligence and if found true, then confiscate the weapons. In this manner, Israel helps Unifil to preserve peace by keeping those weapons caches away from being used against Israeli soldiers.

The second choice(what they did) would be to tell the world first and to hell with Unifil....well that gives Unifil a black eye - and it is also incredibly helpful to the enemies of Israel to move their weapons. I say it again - WELL DONE FRIEND.

Of course, without a third party verifying the intelligence - there is no way whatsoever to prove whether or not it is true. You jump to the claim that it must be so - after all the IDF never lies. (that is sarcasm by the way)

You don't like Unifil because it refuses to take sides. That is ok - Hezbollah doesn't like Unifil either....so you are both on the same page. And since the IDF actually helped Hezbollah by releasing the information - and betraying those who provided that intelligence - one has to wonder why anyone should try to help Israel at all given the personal danger it encompasses. Honestly - it would appear that Israel treats its enemies with far more respect and honour than it does those who wish it no harm. It did warn them/Hezbollah after all. Publically.