Lebanon
“The strike was conducted after identifying the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah, even after the ceasefire agreement.”
The arrangement is fragile, and Hezbollah’s intentions of keeping to it are in doubt, Professor Eyal Zisser tells JNS.
Eighty percent of the Iranian proxy’s stockpile of rockets and 70% of its drone arsenal are believed to have been destroyed over the past year.
The Jan. 9 vote is aimed at ending a two-year power vacuum in the Land of the Cedars.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli forces shot at several suspects arriving in vehicles to the restricted zone.
“The IDF will not hesitate to use force to stop attempts to smuggle arms to Hezbollah.”
The materials may have been part of an attempt by the elite Radwan Force to use or develop chemical weapons.
There was no realistic agreement that included an Israeli-controlled buffer zone in Southern Lebanon, according to presidential envoy Amos Hochstein.
“If Israel decides to act [against Tehran], it will notify the United States as soon as possible,” is allegedly among America’s stipulations.
“I don’t think there’s a single Jewish person that doesn’t have within one or two degrees of separation knowledge of a hostage or a family relative of a hostage,” the U.S. presidential envoy said.
Four terrorists entered the border area in violation of the ceasefire.
“We are lying to ourselves when we say that this agreement will prevent the restoration of Hezbollah,” MK Dan Illouz tells JNS.
