that's not the nonsense that israeli war planners are directed by.
israeli war planners are actually directed by the nonsense of bronze age mythology.
this is the correct nonsense:
my understanding is that if you're trying to draw the map of the middle east out of the back of a bible, the south of lebanon is a part of the holy land, and therefore a proper part of israel.
however, beirut and damascus are both outside of the holy land and therefore both not kosher in this analysis.