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Gen. Herzi Halevi, who said late Wednesday that his forces were “now focusing on being prepared for war in the north.”

And this month, Sweden’s top military commander, Gen. Micael Byden, and its minister for civil defense, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, each warned that Sweden must be prepared for war.

Defence secretary Grant Shapps has said that the UK needs to be "prepared" for war.

A military spokesman said Israel could mobilise up to hundreds of thousands of reservists and was also prepared for war on its northern front against Lebanon's Hezbollah group.

“I’m realizing how we are actually not so prepared for war,” he said.