Hezbollah
Despite no direct evidence tying Hezbollah to the explosions, Lebanon’s increased instability has the terror group scrambling to maintain the status quo and its position in the country.
An “unprecedented” media campaign is being waged against the “resistance,” says Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah • U.N. Security Council reduces the size of its peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but expands the mandate.
“Our message to Hezbollah is sharp and clear: We will continue to thwart its attempts to gain achievements,” the commander of the IDF’s Galilee Division, Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder.
Hezbollah leader calls border exchange with IDF “sensitive and dangerous” • Israel’s ambassador to United Nations demands changes to mandate of UNIFIL peacekeeping force.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz: “We will respond harshly to any event at the border” • Israeli jets strike Hamas infrastructure in Gaza in response to ongoing arson attacks.
The Cypriot owner of the vessel that brought the explosives to the Beirut port in 2013 is said to have taken a $4 million loan from a bank accused of laundering funds for the Lebanese terror group.
Hezbollah is “grossly violating international law” while growing in strength and arming itself with precision weapons, says IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.
Growing claims that it has always been biased against Israel are prompting the re-evaluation of its effectiveness and even use.
Summary of ruling more than 2,600 pages • Prosecutors relied mostly on cellphone data of the accused Hezbollah members.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan provided an intelligence photo showing terrorist cell’s route from Lebanon to the Mount Dov area in Israel.
Welcoming the move, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi calls on all European countries to follow suit.
Leading Middle East expert Professor Uzi Rabi tells JNS that Iran’s infiltration into other countries it views as belonging to the Shi’ite axis cannot be seen by the untrained eye; at the same time, Hezbollah has its back “against the wall” and is facing an unprecedented low point.
