Former Israeli war planner says almost no one knows what Netanyahu is thinking

Nimrod Sheffer is a former chief of staff for the Israeli air force, and was a top war planner for the military until 2016. He says Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plans for the regional war are unknown, but he worries that Israel’s strategic success against Hezbollah will be squandered. In a conversation with the The World’s Marco Werman, he also addresses alleged Israeli war crimes and what a direct war between Iran and Israel could look like.

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