Military expert: These are the reasons for the decline in the intensity of Hezbollah missiles targeting Israel news
Military expert Elias Hanna suggested that the number of missiles fired by Hezbollah on a daily basis at Israeli targets would decrease, for several reasons, some political and some military, pointing to the Israeli army’s efforts to stabilize a specific line of contact in southern Lebanon.
Hanna explained – in his speech to Al Jazeera – that the small number of Hezbollah missiles, with the exception of the border area, may be the result of political movements in light of Lebanese and Israeli statements regarding the possibility of reaching an agreement to stop the war and implement UN Resolution 1701.
In August 2006, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1701 calling for an end to the Second Lebanon War, which broke out in July 2006, the withdrawal of Hezbollah fighters beyond the Litani River, and allowing the deployment of Lebanese army forces in the south.
The current period, according to Hanna, may be a “warrior’s break” for Hezbollah fighters, in addition to the decline in the number of missiles that may be an “economy of effort and strength,” in light of the party’s tactic of dragging Israel into a long war of attrition, as its Secretary-General Naim Qassem said.
Earlier today, Sunday, the Israeli army announced that it had detected about 15 rockets “launched from Lebanon towards Western Galilee, most of which landed in open areas,” noting that the number exceeded 100 rockets per day.
The military expert warned of a situation of “de-escalation on the ground on a certain line of contact,” as the Israeli army seeks to consolidate its positions in southern Lebanon to connect a line of border villages and towns.
These villages are: Al-Khiyam, Kafr Kila, Al-Adisa, Hula, Aitaroun, Maroun Al-Ras and Aita Al-Shaab, due to their strategic location overlooking the Israeli settlements in the north, according to Hanna.
The Israeli army aims – before going for political solutions – to destroy all forces and infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in those villages, and to push its elite forces (the Radwan Force) away from the border for fear of a Lebanese attack similar to the “Al-Aqsa Flood,” as Hanna said.
The military expert suggested that the ambush carried out by Hezbollah against an Israeli force in the town of Aitaroun was carried out by the Radwan Force, pointing out that the party used an assault march for the first time inside Lebanese territory in Maroun al-Ras.
On Sunday, Hezbollah announced a clash with an infiltrating Israeli force on the southwestern outskirts of the town of Aitaroun, killing and wounding its members.
As for the Israeli bombing that targeted the town of Alamat in northern Lebanon, the military expert suggested that it was within the framework of “targeting Hezbollah officials and its various systems, especially since this area is considered an environment affiliated with the party.”
It is noteworthy that the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the killing of 20 people, including 3 children, in an Israeli raid on the town of Almat in the Jbeil district in northern Lebanon.
