Israel-Iran War Day 17 | IDF Expands Ground Operations in Southern Lebanon

Yair Golan, head of Israel’s left-wing Democrats party, warned that Israel should exhaust diplomatic options before sending ground forces into Lebanon.

Golan, a former IDF deputy chief of staff and former head of the military’s Northern Command, said he was familiar with the cost of fighting in Lebanon. “I know Lebanon. I served as head of Northern Command and was wounded there while defending Israel’s northern communities,” he wrote.

He warned against expanding the war with Hezbollah into a prolonged ground campaign, drawing parallels to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. “We must not allow the failure in Gaza to replicate itself in Lebanon and Iran,” Golan said. “We must not allow this government to lead us into an endless war there as well.”