Reports suggest that the Hezbollah attack dubbed Arbaeen
Operation caused significant damage in Israel. The Benjamin Netanyahu regime
has been accused of trying to sweep the losses and casualties under the rug.
Hezbollah fired more than 300 Katyusha rockets and a large
number of drones at Israel on Sunday morning. That was an initial response to
the Israeli assassination of its senior military commander Fuad
Shukr in Beirut on July 30.
Hezbollah
Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech on Sunday
evening that the main focus of the attack was the Glilot base north of Tel Aviv
around 100 kilometers from Lebanon’s border. The facility is home to the Mossad
intelligence service and the military intelligence group Unit 8200.
Nasrallah stressed that the attack struck deep into Israel
in contrast to the resistance movement’s previous attacks, which largely hit
northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.
The Arbaeen Operation dealt a devastating and crushing blow
to Israel’s security and intelligence systems.
This is because Israel had been on high alert since killing
Shukr and awaiting a retaliatory attack from Hezbollah. But despite taking
advantage of Western satellite technology, the Netanyahu regime failed to deter
the Hezbollah strike.
Facts on the ground indicate that the Arbaeen Operation
substantially eroded Israel’s deterrent power and widened gaps within the
Israeli establishment which is still reeling from the shock of a surprise
military operation (Al-Aqsa Storm) carried out by Hamas on October 07.
The Al-Aqsa Storm highlighted Israel’s military and
intelligence failures and the Arbaeen Operation reminded the regime that it
will have to brace for more tremendous shocks, this is just the tip of the
iceberg.
Israeli media have confirmed that an Israeli soldier was
killed and two others were wounded on a Dvora-class patrol boat off the
northern coast of occupied Palestine near Nahariya.
However, Israel claims they were hit by shrapnel from an
Iron Dome interceptor missile as the regime tries to downplay the Hezbollah
attack.
Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire since the day
after the start of the Gaza war on October 07.
Over the past months, Israel has threatened to launch an
all-out war against Hezbollah if it does not stop strikes against the
regime.
Hezbollah has stressed that it will not stop its attacks as
long as the Netanyahu regime continues the Gaza war which has so far claimed
the lives of about 40,500 Palestinians.
Although, Hezbollah did not use its strategic weapons during
the Arbaeen Operation, Israel suffered a painful blow.
Hence, in case of a full-blown conflict, the regime would
have to wait for an apocalyptic scenario.
Presently, Hezbollah is not only capable of hitting Israeli
military sites on the ground but also its vessels which shows the Lebanese
movement’s capability to wage a hybrid war against the regime.
Israel failed to continue the 2006 war against Hezbollah for
more than 34 days. The resistance movement’s military capabilities are
currently incomparable with that year.
Hezbollah is underpinned by its sophisticated arsenal and
has increased its stockpile of missiles from 14,000 in 2006 to about 150,000.
The movement has also developed precision-guided missiles and its drone
programs.
The number of Hezbollah fighters who are ready to join a
possible war against Israel has exceeded 100,000, according to the Hezbollah
secretary general.
Israel is well aware of the military capabilities of
Hezbollah. As a result, it only threatens the movement with a direct war as
part of its psychological warfare.
