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Israel at War Watch: Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Threatens More Rocket Attacks on Cities in Central Israel

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Image from the Hezbollah television station Al -Manar aired Saturday July 29, 2006 shows Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah who in his statement threatened to attack more Israeli cities in central Israel. He also claims Israel suffered ‘serious defeat’ in ground fighting around a border town. At least 448 Lebanese have been killed in the fighting that broke out after Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid. Most casualties have been civilians, and some estimates range as high as 600 dead. Thirty-three Israeli soldiers have died in fighting, and Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel have killed 19 civilians, the Israeli army said.

AP: Hezbollah chief threatens more rockets

Hezbollah’s leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah threatened more rocket attacks on cities in central Israel and claimed Israel suffered a “serious defeat” in ground fighting around a Lebanese border town from which troops pulled back on Saturday after a week of heavy battles.

The threat came a day after Hezbollah fired one of the most powerful rockets in its arsenal for the first time, one able to reach the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Friday’s rocket strike hit outside the Israeli town of Afula, the furthest rocket strike yet.

“The bombardment of Afula and its military base is the beginning … Many cities in the center (of Israel) will be targeted in the ‘beyond Haifa’ if the savage aggression continues on our country, people and villages,” Nasrallah said in a speech aired on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television.

Israel “has not made a single military accomplishment” in its 18-day-old offensive on Lebanon, Nasrallah said.

The Israeli military announced its forces had moved out of the town of Bint Jbail but said its mission of wearing down Hezbollah guerrillas there had been acheived. Military officials said they never intended to take the town. A week of fighting there killed 18 Israeli soldiers, and Israel claimed at least 26 guerrillas were killed there Friday – a claim Hezbollah denied.

The question Flap has to the Israeli Defense Forces and the Israeli government is:

Are you going to “DISARM” Hezbollah or not?

If non-state terrorists were shooting rockets at my cities, Flap would direct as many troops as necessary to clear out those damn rocket launchers and terrorists that are firing them.

Granted Hezbollah has blended in with the civilian population of southern Lebanon and guerilla type wars are always slow going but it appears to Flap that Israel’s command does not have the WILL to eradicate the Hezbollah menace.

If Israel pulls back or proceeds with its half assed military approach, it will be a victory for the Hezbollah terrorists. And, in two years, Nasrallah will be back launching more sophisticated rockets at Israel and perhaps threatening/blackmailing with WMD laced missiles.

Israel has to decide. Make a stand now or face the consequences.

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An Israeli soldier guards a UN convoy crossing the Israel-Lebanon border into Lebanon near the Israeli village of Avivim, July 29, 2006. Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday his guerrilla group would fire more rockets at central Israeli cities if Israel’s offensive in Lebanon was not halted.

Stay tuned…..

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