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| October 29, 2012
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IDF official: Int’l sanctions on Iran hurt arms flow to Hezbollah

Despite cutbacks, Lebanese militant group still in possession of extensive & advanced arsenal, according to an Israeli military source speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity

 

A top Israeli military official said on Monday that international sanctions against Iran are cutting its flow of aid and weapons to anti-Israel Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

Hezbollah supporters in Beirut, August 17, 2012.

Hezbollah supporters carry pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, disappeared Imam Moussa al-Sadr, center, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, left, in Beirut – Photo by AP

Even so, he says the Lebanese guerrilla group remains a potent force with an arsenal far larger and of higher quality than it possessed during a month-long war against Israel in 2006. Continue Reading »

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| October 28, 2012
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Hezbollah Prepares for a Broader War Than It May Want

Israel has warned Lebanon that if war with Hezbollah breaks out again, it will hold the Lebanese gov’t responsible & will destroy gov’t targets.

By Ronen Bergman

 

Hezbollah’s launching of a pilotless spy plane, which was shot down by Israel’s air force in the southern part of the country in early October, has been seen as more evidence that the Lebanese militia is preparing for war.

Hezbollah War

Hezbollah War – Illustration by: Clay Hickson

Israelis assume that the drone was gathering visual intelligence to help Hezbollah in its goal of bombarding distant targets with long-range surface-to-surface missiles.

No doubt it was collecting information in case of another confrontation with Israel, but whether the terrorist group is seeking a full-blown war is a more complicated question that may depend less on what Hezbollah wants than on the heat it is getting from its patrons.

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| October 21, 2012
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After slain Lebanese official’s funeral, protesters try to storm PM’s office

Lebanon opposition leader Saad Hariri urges his supporters to pull back as heavy gunfire erupts in Beirut, with security forces using tear gas & firing into the air.

 

Heavy gunfire erupted in central Beirut on Sunday after protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, demanding that he quit over the assassination of a top intelligence official.

Lebanese protestes wave Syrian revolutionary flags, national flags and Islamic flags

Lebanese protestes wave Syrian revolutionary flags, national flags and Islamic flags as they gather in Martyrs’ Square at funeral for the country’s intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wissam Hassan. – Photo by AP

Witnesses said at least two people had fainted, apparently as a result of tear gas fired by security forces after protesters breached an outer barrier around the prime minister’s offices. Continue Reading »

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| October 18, 2012
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Revolutionary Guard commander: Iran will Destroy Israel, if Attacked

Acting commander Gen. Hossein Salami claims Israel’s ‘defense mechanism is not planned for big & long wars’ 

Asserts that Israel’s ‘threats are only psychological.’

By Reuters

Israel will “definitely” face fierce retaliation if it attacks Iranian nuclear sites, the acting commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Thursday.

The remarks by Gen. Hossein Salami appear to be part of Iranian efforts to portray any strike against it as the trigger for a regional conflict that could draw in Iranian proxies, such as Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group, on Israel’s borders.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops - AP

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard troops march, during a military parade, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sept.

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| October 12, 2012
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Hezbollah Official Defects to Israel with Embezzled Millions

Official Hezbollah sources reported that Hussein Fahs fled Lebanon with classified documents, maps, & a large sum of money.

 

Last month, Yoni Alpert’s Terror Watch reported that Iranian Revolutionary Guards along with Hezbollah’s security apparatus arrested Hussein Fahs, who is considered Hezbollah’s CFO and head of the organization’s operational communications network. Fahs was arrested at Beirut’s Hariri Airport, on his way to an unknown destination. He and four other Hezbollah members were interrogated on suspicion of embezzling the organization’s funds and of collaborating with Israeli Intelligence. At the time it was suspected that they stole at least $5 million in Iranian aid funds. Continue Reading »

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| October 9, 2012
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Syrian Rebels Take More Hizbullah Hostages

Once again, Hizbullah terrorists taken hostage in Syria, by Free Syrian Army fighters.

By Scott Krane

 

Syrian rebels say they have detained 13 Hizbullah members and are holding them in a village outside of Homs. Free Syrian Army fighters are also threatening to invade Homs, according to a source. The FSA is protesting Hizbullah’s support for the regime of Bashar Assad.

One source quoted in the foreign press said “They [Hizbullah detainees] have confessed to killing and slaughtering [people] in Syria…”

The source insists that Hizbullah is “deeply involved” in the Syria fighting, and the fate of the 13 hostages was “in the hands of [FSA] field commanders.” Continue Reading »

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| October 8, 2012
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UK think tank challenges EU on its Hezbollah torpor

Whereas Canada, Holland & the U.S. recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, the EU does not.

By JONNY PAUL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

LONDON – A prominent British think tank has launched a campaign calling on the EU to proscribe Hezbollah in an effort to sever its funding base in Europe and thwart its influence in the Middle East.

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Hezbollah parade in Beirut – Photo: Sharif Karim/Reuters

The Henry Jackson Society wants the EU and the UK to formally outlaw Hezbollah in its entirety – in line with the US, Canada and the Netherlands – and recognize it as “a terrorist organization that consistently uses violent terrorist tactics.”

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| October 7, 2012
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Israel assessing intel: Was UAV headed to Dimona?

IDF collects remnants of UAV as security establishment examines the possibility it was sent by Hezbollah to photograph Dimona reactor

IDF fears drones will be used to hit strategic sites

Ron Ben-Yishai

 

After Israeli fighter jets shot down a drone over the Yatir forest in the south Mount Hebron area on Saturday, the army is trying to figure out what its destination was. One of the possibilities the security establishment is looking into is that the unmanned aircraft, which was apparently Iranian-made, was on its way to test the option of infiltrating the nuclear reactor in Dimona, perhaps even to examine the option of targeting the plant in a future conflict. Continue Reading »

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| October 5, 2012
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Israeli-Arab and Hezbollah agent passed intel on Peres’ security detail

Milad Khatib who’s Hezbollah handler is from Denmark, was charged with illegal association, contacting foreign agent, conspiring to aid the enemy during time of war & espionage.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

An Israeli Arab man has been indicted on charges of operating as an agent for Hezbollah. Among the activities he was alleged to have carried out was collecting information on security arrangements for President Shimon Peres during the latter’s visit to an Arab village in the Galilee.

President Shimon Peres was apparently spied on by Majd al-Kurum resident when the former visited the Galilee town in August. – Photo: AP

The indictment against Milad Khatib, 26, a resident of Majd al-Kurum in the Galilee, was filed in the Haifa District Court. Continue Reading »

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| October 3, 2012
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Hezbollah admit 3 members of 9 killed in militia’s munitions explosion

Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group reported explosions that hit arms stockpile in building under construction ‘led to martyrdom of 3 fighters’ & that 4 Syrian workers were wounded

By Elior Levy, AFP

 

A series of blasts killed at least nine people and wounded seven in the Hezbollah-controlled Beqaa Valley of eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, a security official told AFP.

Archives – Photo: AFP

The Shiite terror group announced that three of its members were killed and a few others were injured in the blasts, which hit an arms stockpile in a building under construction in an uninhabited area between the villages of Nabishit and Khodr. Continue Reading »

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| October 3, 2012
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Commanding Hezbollah operative in Syria killed

Lebanese media say Hezbollah’s Ali Hussein Nassif, head of the Shiite militia’s operations in Syria, was killed there, near Homs

By Elior Levy

 

Lebanese media reported Tuesday that Ali Hussein Nassif, Hezbollah‘s commander in Syria, was killed in a military operation.

חיזבאללה לא מסרה פרטים על נסיבות המוות. הלוויית אבו עבאס

Nassif’s funeral

No details were given as to the nature of the operation. He was reportedly killed on Sunday, along with several other Hezbollah operatives.

A Hezbollah statement to the local media said only that Nassif was killed during “operational activity.”

Nassif was in charge of all Hezbollah operations in Syria, and served as the liaison between the Shiite group and Bashar Assad‘s forces. Continue Reading »

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| October 2, 2012
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Hizbullah vows to ‘Conquer the Galilee’

Hizbullah video highlights their latest campaign, from “liberating the Galilee” to  taking control of tourist centers, refineries, & even Haifa port.

By David Lev

 

 

A new Hizbullah video highlights the terrorist organization’s latest campaign – “liberating the Galilee.” On the agenda is Hizbullah’s conquering of key sites and cities like tourist centers, refineries, and the Haifa port.

Hizbullah supporters

Hizbullah supporters
IDF Spokesperson

The video was posted on a Hizbullah site Monday, the same day that Israeli Arab politicians led a protest commemorating the deaths of 12 Arabs in 2000, as they rioted and attempted to spread the intifada to northern Israel. Continue Reading »

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| September 25, 2012
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Germany considering criteria to ban Lebanon’s Hezbollah

Spokesman for German foreign ministry  says country is examining whether sufficient criteria exist to outlaw Hezbollah in EU.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

BERLIN ­ – A spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that the Federal Republic was examining whether the criteria exist to outlaw the Iran-sponsored Hezbollah within the 27-member European Union.

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah speaks to supporters - Photo: REUTERS

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah speaks to supporters – Photo: REUTERS

The spokesman’s comment appears to be the first public acknowledgement that Germany is contemplating a move to ban the Islamist group.

“We are examining very carefully at this time in the EU the preconditions which could lead to a listing of Hezbollah as a terror group,” the spokesman wrote.

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| September 12, 2012
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Jerusalem and Bulgaria divided over responsibility for Burgas attack

Israel positive Iran & Hezbollah planned the terror attack that killed 5 Israelis, but Bulgaria not so sure.

 

Israeli and Bulgarian differences over apportioning blame for the July terrorist attack in Burgas surfaced at a joint press conference between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Metodiev Borisov on Tuesday.

The Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. - Photo: REUTERS

The Burgas Airport in Bulgaria. – Photo: REUTERS

Within hours of the attack that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver, Netanyahu said that Hezbollah and Iran were behind the attack. The Bulgarian authorities, who have yet to make an arrest in the case, have not yet formally pointed a finger at any group.

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| September 10, 2012
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Now Hezbollah is funding its world-wide terror with fake medicine

After Lebanese authorities performed drug busts on Captagon labs, they arrested top terror leader. Shiite group began manufacturing & distributing  its counterfeit medical drugs in Middle East.

By Roi Kais

 

A new study reveals that Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah has discovered a new and original way of funding its terror activity – counterfeit medicine.

Dr. Boaz Ganor Photo: Gadi Dagon

Dr. Boaz Ganor
Photo: Gadi Dagon

According to the study, over the past year Hezbollah terrorists have increased the manufacturing of fake Captagon, a drug used for treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Although banned in most countries in the 1980s, illegally produced and smuggled Captagon – sometimes containing amphetamine instead of fenethylline – is a common drug of abuse in the Middle East. Continue Reading »

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