A senior source in the Hezbollah terror organization says that he does not view the launching of Operation Northern Shield as a declaration of war on the part of the State of Israel.
The source told the London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, "It is clear that Israel is not preparing for war, but is talking about finding tunnels in an operation that will last for weeks." He also claimed that the reasons for launching the operation were in internal political crises in Israel and against the background of the police's recommendation that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu be tried on corruption charges.