A flag of Hezbollah flutters at the site of destroyed buildings following airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs of Ghobeiry neighborhood, on March 5, 2026. (Credit: AFP)
Operation “Eaten Straw”: That is the name Hezbollah gave its Wednesday night operation after launching the largest attack it has carried out against Israel since the war in Lebanon resumed in the beginning of March.According to the Israeli army, about 200 rockets and 20 drones were launched toward its territory in an operation conducted in coordination with Iran. The details of that night Hezbollah, Iran strike Israel as Israel pounds Beirut: Wednesday night wrap up A Quranic reference evoking destruction, “eaten straw” is not new in the military vocabulary of the “Axis of Resistance.” The expression was already used by Hamas in 2014.But what does it mean, and what does it refer to?'al-Aasf al-Ma’koul'In the Quran, the expression “eaten straw” appears in surah 105, “al-Fil” (The Elephant). The verse reads: God “sent against...
Operation “Eaten Straw”: That is the name Hezbollah gave its Wednesday night operation after launching the largest attack it has carried out against Israel since the war in Lebanon resumed in the beginning of March.According to the Israeli army, about 200 rockets and 20 drones were launched toward its territory in an operation conducted in coordination with Iran. The details of that night Hezbollah, Iran strike Israel as Israel pounds Beirut: Wednesday night wrap up A Quranic reference evoking destruction, “eaten straw” is not new in the military vocabulary of the “Axis of Resistance.” The expression was already used by Hamas in 2014.But what does it mean, and what does it refer to?'al-Aasf al-Ma’koul'In the Quran, the expression “eaten straw” appears in surah 105, “al-Fil” (The Elephant). The verse...
