Hezbollah
To meet the challenges ahead, Israel must focus on social cohesion, cultivate political allies and “manage” the conflict with the Palestinians, according to a new Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security report.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the facility plays a critical role in Hezbollah’s guided-missile program, adding that “Hezbollah, in fear of strikes, evacuated precious and unique equipment from the compound to civilian locations in Beirut.”
He threatened to shoot down Israeli drones, saying “there is now a new operational space, and it is Lebanon’s skies.”
Senior Israeli defense official says the country was “surrounded on multiple fronts” in the past few days, and needed to act within 24 hours to avoid fighting a war.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “knows exactly why he’s in a bunker,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Nasrallah: There are “no more red lines.”
Israel is enforcing its red lines in both Syria and Lebanon, but while it has so far been extremely successful on the tactical front, the strategic threat continues to exist.
Hezbollah is still licking its wounds from a drone strike in Beirut, but alongside its promises of revenge, it will also seek other ways to amass an arsenal of precision missiles.
The terrorist organization initially claimed that several Israeli soldiers were killed • Israel struck multiple Hezbollah targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon in response to the attack.
The Sept. 1 Hezbollah attack on Israel was a “reciprocal measure,” says the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
“I think there’s a bit of a confusion; Hassan Nasrallah is the one who should be scared,” says Kiryat Shmona Mayor Avichai Stern
“Treasury is targeting Jammal Trust Bank and its subsidiaries for brazenly enabling Hezbollah’s financial activities,” said Sigal Mandelker, U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, who also noted that “this administration will not falter to hold Hamas and its Iranian leaders accountable for their violence.”
As the U.N. Security Council prepares to formally review the size of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon and vote on its renewal, America and Israel are pressing for more authority to counter Hezbollah.
