Lebanon
Hezbollah is believed to be in possession of 150,000 missiles, which allegedly can hit virtually anywhere in Israel.
Hamas representative in Lebanon Ali Baraka: “Our missiles can strike anywhere in Israel; Iranian support Is the basis of our steadfastness.”
Hezbollah seems to have interpreted recent developments as a signal of Israel’s determination to enforce its red lines, raising the organization’s concern over what may come next.
Lebanese daily: Hezbollah controls area in Syrian territory along border with Lebanon and has built military bases, training camps and underground warehouses there.
Lebanon is in urgent need of a government capable of installing economic reforms that are necessary to put its debt on a sustainable road, according to the International Monetary Fund.
A new report from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s Hybrid Warfare Task force, headed by several retired senior U.S. military officials, outlined this striking strategic threat to Israel, as well as the operational and legal challenges the country will most likely face in its next war with Hezbollah.
Israel has also sought to prevent the outbreak of a third Lebanon war for as long as possible. Hezbollah, for its own reasons, seems to share that goal; still, that has not stopped it from ambitiously preparing for future conflict.
It remains unclear how active the sites currently are, and the revelations could be designed to deter Iran and Hezbollah from “switching them on.”
The news comes amid the Israel Defense Forces releasing images on Thursday of Hezbollah facilities in Lebanon’s capital, noting that they demonstrated the Shi’ite terrorist group is trying to build weapon-production sites near the Beirut airport.
“In Lebanon, Iran is directing Hezbollah to build secret sites to convert inaccurate projectiles into precision-guided missiles—missiles that can target deep inside Israel within an accuracy of 10 meters [30 feet],” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli prime minister said a warehouse includes technology for Iran’s nuclear initiative, remarking that the Islamic Republic “took this radioactive material and spread it around Tehran like Nutella.”
With the Syrian civil war beginning to wind down, Hezbollah, armed with a formidable rocket and missile arsenal, is preparing to bring its highly trained units in Syria back home to Lebanon.
