| Video of the surrender, the soldiers speaking in Arabic with Hebrew subtitles, can be seen at both links. |
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...earlier this month, officials said.
New footage from the October raid shows Hassan Aqil Jawad, the leader of Hezbollah's forces in Ayta ash Shab, being confronted by armed Israel Defense Force soldiers inside the dark tunnel, the Times of Israel reported.
The surprised terrorist leader, who was only wearing underwear at the time of the raid, can be seen slowly walking down a dark corridor before raising his hands and surrendering to the Jewish soldiers.
Jawad then drops to the ground and proceeds to slowly crawl toward the IDF troops before they take him into custody.
Jawad and several of his other operatives hiding in the compound — who were also detained in their underwear — were brought back to Israel for interrogation.
| The Times of Israel adds: |
According to the military, Golani troops, with prior intelligence, located a tunnel shaft in a Hezbollah command center in Ayta ash-Shab, where several operatives were holed up.
Among them was the commander of the Hezbollah forces in the village, Hassan Aqil Jawad.
The operatives surrendered to the troops, and they were detained and questioned by field interrogators of the Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504.