Israel at War Watch: War on Israel to Widen?
Hossein Safiadeen, Hezbollah representative in Iran, attends a conference that included the Tehran-based representative of the Palestinian group Hamas and the ambassadors from Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Authority in Tehran, Iran , Monday, July 24, 2006. The Hezbollah representative in Iran struck a defiant tone Monday, warning that his militant group plans to widen its attacks on Israel until ‘no place’ is safe for Israelis.
AP: Hezbollah envoy: War on Israel to widen
Hezbollah’s representative in Iran struck a defiant tone Monday, warning that his Islamic militant group plans to widen its attacks on Israel until “no place” is safe for Israelis.
Hossein Safiadeen also reinforced earlier threats by Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah to widen the scope of attacks, which have included unprecedented missile strikes deep into northern Israel.
“We are going to make Israel not safe for Israelis. There will be no place they are safe,” Safiadeen told a conference that included the Tehran-based representative of the Palestinian group Hamas and the ambassadors from Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Authority.
“You will see a new Middle East in the way of Hezbollah and Islam, not in the way of Rice and Israel.”
“We will expand attacks,” he said. “The people who came to Israel, (they) moved there to live, not to die. If we continue to attack, they will leave.
“This war will be remembered as the beginning of the end for Israel,” Safiadeen said.
This story is in contrast to the report that Hezbollah is running out of Katyusha rockets and is having difficulty recruiting more martyrs to fight the IDF. With most of the supply lines cut between Lebanon and Syria it id doubtful that more Iranian rockets will make their way into Israel.
The question is: Does Hezbollah possess any biological or chemical WMD that in desperation will use against Israeli cities and civilian populations?
Israelis are estimating about ten days to mop up this operation. Diplomatically they probably have at least two to three weeks but if civilian casualties in Lebanon decrease they may have as much time as it takes.
An Israeli soldier jumps from a tank during operations to bring back soldiers wounded during fighting in southern Lebanon, at the Israel-Lebanon border Monday July 24, 2006. Heavy fighting erupted Monday morning as Israeli ground forces pushed into Lebanon, heading toward the southern Lebanes town of Bint Jbail, a Hezbollah stronghold, the military said, as rockets continued to fall on northern Israel.
And expect more bloviations from Damascus and Tehran – signifying NOTHING.
Stay tuned……
Captain Ed has IDF: Hezbollah Running Out Of Missiles
Now, it appears that Syria cannot effectively rearm their proxy in southern Lebanon. Israel has even attacked convoys coming out of Syria attempting to do just that, destroying the munitions and sending a message to Syria of air supremacy, a lesson Syria has learned over and over again against the Israelis. Starved of missiles and rockets, the Hezbollah terrorists will lose their one weapon of deterrence against Israel and start to collapse.
According to the IDF, that process has already begun. Jihadis in the north have not come to the aid of their brethren, and Sheikh Nasrallah will run out of bodies to throw at Israeli tanks very quickly. Israel may only need a couple more weeks before crippling Hezbollah not only as a military threat but also as a political movement in Lebanon. Nasrallah needs a rescue, but no one will send their cavalry over the hills to effect one — not even their brothers in terrorism.
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