A drone carrying the Hezbollah flag in Aramta, May 2023, during a military parade by the group to commemorate the liberation of southern Lebanon. (Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP)
In his speech on Sunday, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah reviewed the scope and results of the “Arbaeen operation,” in response to the assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur in late July in Beirut’s southern suburb. Nasrallah particularly stressed that as part of this response, rockets were fired from positions north of the Litani River, but also from the Bekaa Valley.“This is the first time that Hezbollah has fired drones from the Bekaa Valley,” said Nasrallah. The aim of firing missiles “was to distract the Iron Dome and open up the airspace to drones to reach, in the second phase, our central target,” he added, referring to the command center of Israel's military intelligence Unit 8200. Read also For northern Israelis, Hezbollah’s response was the final straw At face value, Nasrallah’s remarks are part of a...
In his speech on Sunday, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah reviewed the scope and results of the “Arbaeen operation,” in response to the assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur in late July in Beirut’s southern suburb. Nasrallah particularly stressed that as part of this response, rockets were fired from positions north of the Litani River, but also from the Bekaa Valley.“This is the first time that Hezbollah has fired drones from the Bekaa Valley,” said Nasrallah. The aim of firing missiles “was to distract the Iron Dome and open up the airspace to drones to reach, in the second phase, our central target,” he added, referring to the command center of Israel's military intelligence Unit 8200. Read also For northern Israelis, Hezbollah’s response was the final straw At face value, Nasrallah’s...
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