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| Debka sez : Hizballah reconstitutes its pre-war fortified lines and missile positions |
| 2006-10-24 |
| – plus the latest Iranian surveillance systems Upon taking over the IDF’s northern command from the Lebanon war commander, Monday, Oct. 23, the incoming OC Maj-Gen. Gad Eisenkott said tersely: We are keeping close watch on Hizballah’s rearmament. The refurbished fortifications, according to DEBKAfile’s military sources, are under cover. Because Hizballah is not yet ready to openly challenge UNIFIL, their lookout points together with fresh supplies of rockets, ammo and electronic spying gear are hidden in village houses facing Israel. The UN peacekeeping and Lebanese army presence has not stopped Hizballah from systematically retaking and re-manning its old tunnel and fortified bunker locations in South Lebanon. They are designated “nature preserves” by the IDF. Nor, say our military sources, did they prevent Syria over last weekend smuggling across a first consignment of medium-range Fajr-3 (45km range) and Fajr-5 (up to 100 km range) rockets – the ones Hizballah used in the Lebanon War to blast in-depth Israeli targets: Haifa, Tiberias, Afula and the Hadera-Caesaria district. IDF intelligence estimates the consignment was small, designed to test Israeli military and UN responses. It was accompanied by a vigorous campaign launched by Hizballah’s friends in Beirut against Israel’s surveillance over-flights, thanks to which the consignment was discovered. These airborne cameras have also picked up quantities of rockets and launchers of all types including the Iranian Zelzal waiting on the Syrian side of the border to be smuggled across to Hizballah. DEBKAfile has obtained a list of the S. Lebanese villages playing host to re-armed Hizballah positions along the Israeli border: Kfar Kila, opposite the northernmost Israeli town of Metullah; Adissa and Markaba opposite Ramim, Hola and Mais al Jabel opposite the Israel’s northern highway, Itron opposite Kibbutz Malkia, Maruan a Ras opposite Yiron, and Raimish and Ait al-Shaab opposite the Western Galilee highway. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #8 Seems like the Russian engineering advisors have been busy. You can bet these will be harder to crack than the previous ones. Major ordnance will have to be used prior to any further ground incursions. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-24 18:59 |
| #7 The Israeli's have been "dope-a-roped" IMO. Now when they start something against the Hizzies you have the French and Italians in the way. Not a bad crossfire target but it puts them in the PR disadvantage from the get go. You can't trust the Jooos and look how they killed poor Yves and Giovanni. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2006-10-24 16:56 |
| #6 Send those French UN troops back to France....because Hezbollah is starting to build it's own neighbourhood like they have in Beirut in Paris. The UN is done and over with. |
| Posted by: Whaiter Grealet9365 2006-10-24 15:14 |
| #5 At least the UN is finally uncontaminated by any pretense of neutrality. It's galling to think that this might lead to any greater restraint upon Israel's part. They have fettered themselves enough already. UNFIL is nothing more than Hizbullah's bodyguard. Once Israel launches another offensive against Nasrallah's thugs, we need to smash Syria and close all the exits. Let Lebanon be a killing floor for Hizbullah. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-24 13:40 |
| #4 Don't read to much into this. Iran spent a bloody fortune and at least a decade building fortifications for the Hez which are now all in ruins. This defense in depth has been collapsed, so now the Hez are just a weak "surface" force. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-10-24 12:39 |
| #3 I hope Syria likes Hezbollah, because that's where Hezbollah's gonna be living at the end of the next war. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-10-24 12:06 |
| #2 Hizballah reconstitutes ... Did anyone expected any other result? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-10-24 12:05 |
| #1 Just make sure those uppity Zionists don't overfly our positions, k? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-10-24 11:33 |