Lebanon
The IDF Northern Command assessed that Hezbollah possesses as many as 150 thousand rockets and missiles at various ranges.
“This endangers the lives of 300 children who attend the school,” says the Israeli military.
The video’s publication comes as Israel marks 15 years since the fatal cross-border raid that saw Shi’ite terrorists abduct IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.
Jonathan Spyer tells JNS, “What is happening in Lebanon is what happens when a country allows itself to be taken over by a franchise of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with all the corruption and eventual collapse and impoverishment which follows.”
Three Palestinians with knives were caught trying to cross the Gaza border fence • Israel is probing whether Hezbollah was behind the attempt to smuggle 43 weapons across the Lebanese border.
In the meantime, Qatar announced that it would support the Lebanese Armed Forces with 70 tons of food per month for a year.
Its currency has lost 90 percent of its value with more than half the country living in poverty.
Israeli Defense Minister: ‘We are ready to act’ to help Lebanon
“As an Israeli, as a Jew and as a human being, my heart aches seeing the images of people going hungry on the streets of Lebanon,” says Benny Gantz.
Haniyeh arrived in Lebanon on Sunday and met some top officials including President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
The bipartisan bill, called the “Strategic Lebanon Security Reporting Act,” requires the U.S. State Department to put together a strategy to help Lebanon implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.
The legislation proposes that the United States withhold 20 percent of its security assistance until the Lebanese Armed Forces take “effective actions to limit or expel Hezbollah-influenced military personnel.”
A Rabat is stationed in southern Lebanese villages as Hezbollah’s official administrator; in addition to running daily affairs, he helps plant missiles in civilian homes for the Iranian-backed organization.
