Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had announced last month that a shipment of Iranian fuel could help the country deal with shortages.
Intelligence gathered by the famed agent was crucial to a 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon in which three top PLO leaders, as well as some 100 other terrorists, were eliminated.
“Suppose Iran flaunts U.S. conditions for the nuclear deal, and the Biden administration still insists on folding and concluding this transaction. It will further undermine its stature and credibility and damage America’s reputation with allies and foes alike,” says Ariel Cohen at the Atlantic Council think tank.
The violence comes as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett travels to the United States to meet U.S. President Joe Biden.
The announcement came after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said more Iranian fuel vessels could help the country deal with shortages.
Lebanon’s defense minister condemns the attack, saying that Israel “blatantly violated Lebanon’s airspace at low altitude, causing a state of panic among citizens.”
“We don’t want to get into a challenge with anyone ... we want to help our people,” says Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah • Lebanon’s fuel crisis requires an “immediate” solution, says a U.N. representative.
The country’s economic crisis has led to long lines at gas stations.
The Alma Center report said they connect entire regions of the country to one another; some tunnels are able to allow pick-up trucks with multi-barrel rocket-launchers to fire, vanish and re-emerge tens of kilometers from the firing point.
The Israeli military said it “will continue to operate in order to prevent any attempt to violate Israeli sovereignty.”
Recent attacks from over the border further demonstrate the lack of implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, says the Israel Defense Forces.
Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister Alon Schuster said bolstering housing near the Lebanese border will form a “critical issue in the home front and the civilian resilience in the next conflict.”
