The SAM 6, a Russian anti-aircraft weapon system equipped with surface-to-air missiles, on display at Hezbollah's new tourist attraction in Baalbeck, the "Jihad Museum," on Aug. 28, 2023. (Credit: João Sousa)
Until April 2024, every day had been the same in southern Lebanon for the past six months, after the start of the war between Hezbollah and Israel. The latter relentlessly bombed the border strip (and sometimes beyond), killing civilians and fighters and destroying entire villages.Hezbollah, despite its bellicose rhetoric, limited itself to timid and often harmless bombardments of northern Israel. This was the case until April 17, when Hezbollah fired drones towards Arab al-Aramshe, a Bedouin village on the Lebanese border. At least 14 Israeli soldiers were wounded and one officer was killed. Since then, the war on the southern front has never been the same.This is because Hezbollah started to break out of its restraint, employing more sophisticated weapons and dealing painful blows to its enemy. Eighteen years after the July 2006 war,...
Until April 2024, every day had been the same in southern Lebanon for the past six months, after the start of the war between Hezbollah and Israel. The latter relentlessly bombed the border strip (and sometimes beyond), killing civilians and fighters and destroying entire villages.Hezbollah, despite its bellicose rhetoric, limited itself to timid and often harmless bombardments of northern Israel. This was the case until April 17, when Hezbollah fired drones towards Arab al-Aramshe, a Bedouin village on the Lebanese border. At least 14 Israeli soldiers were wounded and one officer was killed. Since then, the war on the southern front has never been the same.This is because Hezbollah started to break out of its restraint, employing more sophisticated weapons and dealing painful blows to its enemy. Eighteen years after the July 2006 war,...
