Lebanon
IDF Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, a special analyst for the Middle East at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, told JNS that Hezbollah and the Shi’ite Amal party “have done everything possible in order to paralyze the government and impose their rule.”
The IDF and UNIFIL cooperate in returning the Israeli civilian from the Negev region who “apparently entered Lebanon voluntarily.”
A highly religious man, Hassan Nasrallah should be expected to follow through on the orders of the Iranian “mothership,” which is not only the source of Hezbollah’s radical Shi’ite Islamist ideology, but also its funding and force build-up.
“Hamas does not just see itself as a guest in Lebanon,” says the Head of Research at the Alma Center, Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri.
The ambassadors toured Palmachim Air Force Base south of Tel Aviv, where they saw the Iron Dome and other missile defense systems.
Syrian President Bashar Assad “has big internal problems,” said a security source, adding that Assad was seeking to stabilize his regime after years of civil war that began in 2011 with the Arab Spring.
“The challenge is very big,” a senior Home Front Command source tells JNS, and “we are trying to do this as fast as we can. Civilian homes are Israel’s soft underbelly.”
The Lod District Court sentences Maibat Masarwa to 30 months in prison for photographing Iron Dome batteries and Lebanese border and sending the images to a Hezbollah operative.
Deputy Intelligence Officer Maj. A of 36th Armored Division said in next war, Shi’ite terror army will look for rapid “victory picture” • IDF prepares to deny this with upgraded intelligence and firepower • Drills large-scale ground maneuvers.
A day earlier, Israeli forces seized a large amount of narcotics, as well as ammunition, near the Lebanese border.
The fact that Israel has stepped up its gray-zone strikes in Syria, targeting apparent immediate efforts to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, “simply proves that the force buildup is ongoing,” said Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, head of research at the Alma Center.
Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane (“MM”) Navarne observed Israel’s northern borders and also paid tribute to Indian army casualties that fell during World War I.
