Friday, October 28, 2011

Report: Hizbullah Preparing Military Arsenal to Occupy Galilee



24 hours ago
W460
Hizbullah is preparing its military arsenal and fighters to launch an operation to 
occupy the Galilee area in Israel, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Thursday.
The party’s Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s on February 
16 sent “military notification… declaring that preparations to occupy the 
Galilee is ongoing,” a source close to Hizbullah told the daily.

“Hizbullah began preparing after the 2006 war for any new confrontation 
with the enemy,” the source said.
Nasrallah called on the Resistance fighters in a speech on February 16 to 
stand ready to occupy the Galilee area should another war "be imposed 
on Lebanon," in a response to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s 
threats to invade Lebanon once again.
Al-Akhbar daily also reported that Nasrallah has warned that Tel Aviv 
will be the first target in any war Israel decides to launch against Lebanon.
Security sources told the daily that “the resistance leadership was secretly 
on high alert after receiving reports that Israel will probably launch a war 
on Lebanon.”
“Obtained information confirmed these reports, showing that it was 
supposed to take place in August, however, changes occurred at the last 
minute,” the source said.
Sources told al-Joumhouria that the “resistances’ military preparations are 
ongoing.”
According to information obtained by the daily, a delegation from 
Hizbullah military experts visited areas in Bekaa and the South to 
check on the resistances’ positions, while 727 fighters from Hizbullah 
finished their military training in Tehran. Read the rest on: 
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