International Pressure Prolongs Human Suffering, IDF Sergeant Says 

International pressure from Western media, politicians, and one-sided human rights organizations has prevented Israel from fully neutralizing threats—allowing them to resurface decades later and prolong unnecessary bloodshed, an intelligence officer with the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal.

Avraham Levine, who lost dozens of loved ones to attacks carried out in northern Israel by the Islamic militant group Hezbollah, said the terrorist organization could have been eliminated during Israeli military operations in 2006. That conflict began after Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon attacked an IDF squadron in northern Israel.

According to the officer, the United Nations—particularly the United Nations Security Council, which Levine described as “unnecessary bureaucracy”—quickly passed a resolution condemning Israel’s defensive actions.

The U.N. then assumed the role of mediator and deployed approximately 10,000 troops to the region to maintain peace and neutralize the threat.

“Neither was achieved,” the officer said.

“How many Hezbollah rockets did they confiscate from 2006 to 2023? Zero,” Levine said. “Zero.”

“How many of their fighters did they capture, bring to trial?” he asked. “Zero. Zero.”

“How many underground tunnels? Positions, rockets, guns, explosives, mines, claymore mines, anti-tank missiles. Zero.”

The lack of enforcement, which the officer attributed to what he called “unnecessary bureaucracy,” allowed Hezbollah to rearm, regroup, and restock its arsenal.

Years later, in 2026, Hezbollah fighters have claimed the lives of hundreds of Israeli citizens, including children from both Jewish and Druze communities.

Last spring, a randomly fired Hezbollah rocket killed more than a dozen children who were playing soccer in northern Israel. None of them were Jewish.

Regarding Jews, Hamas fighters infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and killed, raped, kidnapped and tortured over 1,000 Israeli civilians. One survivor of the NOVA Music Festival, which became a Jewish slaughterhouse after it was infiltrated by Hamas fighters, told the Daily Signal he heard the fighters specifically saying they were there “to kill the Jews.”

Since then, Israel has retaliated significantly, liberating parts of the Gaza strip and southern Lebanon from the grip of Islamic radicals while also striking Hamas and Hezbollah sponsor Iran directly.

As a result, western nations and the United Nations have condemned Israel’s response, and in some cases, allegedly advocated for their enemies on major political stages.

This spring, over 50 House Democrats voted against a resolution to designate Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism. Other House Democrats, like Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., have been accused by their Republican colleagues of supporting Hezbollah.

This pressure to avoid escalating its military response against Hezbollah in Lebanon has delayed Israel in its fight to defend itself from those who wish for the nation’s destruction.

This week, Israel and the Lebanese government reached a U.S.-brokered agreement allowing Israel to conclude its military operations in southern Lebanon, on the condition that it withdraw its troops.

Under the deal, the Lebanese army has agreed to fill the vacuum left by the Israeli withdrawal, with the stated goal of preventing Hezbollah from reestablishing control over the territory and its residents.