Iran-Backed Hezbollah Releases Video of Simulated Attack on IDF Border Post

Iran-Backed Hezbollah Releases Video of Simulated Attack on IDF Border Post

Amid increased border incursions on Israel’s border with Lebanon, the Iran-backed terrorist militia Hezbollah has released a video showing a simulated attack on an Israeli outpost. The video comes amid growing concern that Lebanon-based Hezbollah is gearing up for war with Israel.

The 6-minute video draws heavily from Quranic verses exalting jihad warfare and depicts Hezbollah fighters armed with Russian and other foreign-made weapons breaching Israel’s northern border defenses and taking over a fortified outpost. The footage showcased Hezbollah’s growing array of advanced weaponry that the Shia-jihadist group has been receiving from Iran, including kamikaze drones, precision-guided munition, anti-tank missiles, and sniper rifles.

The video was released just days after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatened Jerusalem if the Israeli military took action against Hezbollah-linked intruders who recently crossed into from southern Lebanon and erected a tent inside Israel’s border, also known as the blue line in place since the Six Day War of 1967. “The boundary, known as the Blue Line, is marked with blue barrels along the border and is several meters from the Israeli fence in some areas, which is built entirely within Israeli territory,” The Times of Israel reported Tuesday.

Israeli new website Ynet reported:

Hezbollah released a video on Sunday simulating an attack on an Israeli military outpost on the northern border with Lebanon.

The six-minute footage was published by the terrorist movement’s media wing to mark the 17th anniversary of the 2006 Lebanon War.

The video titled “No one can overcome you” shows a simulated striking of Israeli tanks and vehicles with rockets and breaching an Israeli outpost by members of Hezbollah who then erected the group’s flags over it.

It then shows the terrorists simulating blowing up the outpost with Israeli soldiers trapped inside it. The last shot showed the Quran phrase “If Allah helps you, none can overcome you” written in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

Hezbollah’s production unit releases its latest video on the anniversary of the 2nd Lebanon War. The video depicts the scenario in which the elite Radwan force "takes over" an Israeli military outpost. Key highlight: A kamikaze drone takes out an IDF tank.pic.twitter.com/xu7O48THDG

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The clip depicts the capabilities of Hezbollah’s Radwan forces, a unit tasked with carrying out acts of cross-border terrorism against Israel. “Israeli military intelligence assesses that during wartime, Radwan units would be tasked with cross border raids, aimed at attacking civilian communities and seizing hostages,” Israeli TV channel i24News reported Tuesday. “The specialists in Radwan appear to be far more capable than the average Hezbollah fighter, with training provided by the Sabeerin Commandos, a battalion within Iran’s Al Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” the broadcaster added.

Biden admin’s policies embolden Hezbollah

The Hezbollah is pushing for territorial gains after the Biden administration brokered a maritime deal between Israel and Lebanon last year, which gives Beirut access to Israeli underwater gas fields. Prominent U.S.-based legal scholar Professor Eugene Kontorovich slammed President Biden’s deal, saying that it will be “undermining both [Israel’s] security and its constitution by signing a deal that would give the Iranian puppet-state in Lebanon hundreds of miles of territory in the Mediterranean Sea—and the vast reserves of natural gas underneath” (Newsweek, September 29, 2022).

Hezbollah gearing up for war?

Emboldened by the Biden administration’s policy of appeasement and its open disdain for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Lebanese terrorist group is making an aggressive move on Israel’s north.

Noting Hezbollah’s preparations for an armed conflict, the news agency Jewish News Syndicate wrote Sunday:

In a series of strategic political and military moves, Hezbollah is intensifying preparations for an imminent confrontation with Israel, drawing global attention and raising concerns about regional stability.

Under the guise of the battle over an Israeli border barrier, the Lebanese terrorist group aims to preserve its option of invading the Galilee, while also serving Iran’s interests in establishing a foothold in Syria.

Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is promoting the deployment of his forces along the border, with over 30 observation posts in place there. Lebanese sources suggest that the group is readying itself for a prolonged conflict with Israel, which it believes is gradually accepting new rules of engagement set by Nasrallah. (…)

Furthermore, Hezbollah continues to provoke the Israeli Defense Forces and challenge Israel along the Blue Line, exacerbating border incidents and violating established arrangements. Nasrallah’s threats to resist any attempts to remove a tent erected in Israeli territory signal the terrorist group’s determination to assert its presence in the area.

Hezbollah’s resumption of hostilities towards Israel is part of Iran’s strategy of encircling the Jewish State with proxy terrorist outfits and drawing it into a multi-front war. In early April, this Iran-backed terror alliance carried out coordinated rocket attacks into northern and southern Israel during the Passover Holidays. Hamas fired rockets from Gaza, and Hamas-linked jihadists used Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon to attack Israel. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force coordinated with the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist organizations to launch rockets at Israel from Lebanon during the Passover holiday,” the Jerusalem Post reported in April 2023.

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