Iran is stepping up weapons supply to Hezbollah as the pro-Iranian terrorist militia drags Lebanon into a conflict with Israel. While the Israeli military is engaged in a large-scale ground operation against Hamas in response to the October 7 massacre, Tehran is flying in heavy weaponry to Hezbollah though Syria, Israeli media reports suggest.
In recent weeks, Israel conducted a series of air strikes aimed at eliminating Iranian terror operatives and disrupting the weapons supply though Syria. “Advanced weapons include precise missiles, surface to air missiles and air defenses transported mostly via Damascus airport which has come under repeated strikes attributed to Israel,” the Israeli news website Ynet reported Friday.
The Israeli military is responding to increased Hezbollah cross-border strikes by targeting launch sites in terrorist-controlled southern Lebanon. “IDF repeatedly strikes south Lebanon after several rounds of Hezbollah rockets,” The Times of Israel reported. “Sirens again blared on Friday afternoon after several rockets were fired at northern Israel, three of which crossed the border, according to the IDF. The military said it was striking the launch sites in response.”
Ynet published the details of ongoing Iranian weapons supply:
Iran was set to deliver sophisticated weaponry to Hezbollah in Lebanon in preparation for an expanding confrontation with Israel, including precise weapons, mostly rockets, missiles and drones, to be used against Israeli cities and sensitive sites.The frequent strikes on Syria in recent days, attributed to Israel, were for the most part intended to thwart such transfers from Iran, that were meant to increase the number of precise missiles, anti-tank missiles and air defenses including the Iranian made surface to air 358 missiles also called SA-67) that can intercept drones, planes low flying aircraft and missiles, available to Hezbollah.Iran had already supplied its Lebanese proxy with a substantial stock of missiles which have been used by Hezbollah against Israeli drones recently but have thus far failed to shoot any down. Israel has been able to intercept the 358 missiles using its air defenses.
The revelation comes as Hezbollah continues to fire rockets and mortars into northern Israel, forcing the IDF to open a second front amid an ongoing Gaza ground offensive.
The military is in a state of “very high readiness” to respond to Hezbollah’s growing aggression, the IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi assured Friday. “Our first task is to restore security and the sense of security to the residents in the north, and this will take time,” Halevi said.
Since October 7, the IDF has been training reservists and regular soldiers for an armed conflict in the north, the military disclosed.
As the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza entered its ninth week, the military appears to have cornered Hamas’s top leadership in the southern terrorist stronghold of Khan Yunis. The Israeli soldiers on the ground are mopping up the terrorist hideout, eliminating Hamas jihadis in tunnel-by-tunnel and house-by-house combat.
“Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) air and ground personal have continued their attacks against Hamas terror targets in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, according to Israeli media on Friday evening,” the Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported. “Top IDF officials believe that the leadership of Hamas in Gaza are currently hiding in tunnels spread across the southern Gaza Strip.”
The battle to rid Gaza of Hamas rages on across the terrorist-held enclave. “IDF troops are continuing to operate in the different areas of the Gaza Strip. The troops are engaging in fierce battles with terrorists,” the Israeli military disclosed in a press release on Saturday morning.
The IDF on Saturday disclosed the ongoing operations across Gaza:
During IDF activity in Shejaiya, ground troops located a terrorist cell operating adjacent to the forces, and a terrorist armed with an RPG. The troops directed an IDF aircraft that struck and eliminated the cell.During IDF activity in Gaza City over the past day, the troops, in coordination with aircraft, killed dozens of terrorists. In the space of three hours, four incidents of terrorist identifications occurred and the IAF struck over 15 armed terrorists. Additionally, battles took place where further terrorists were killed.During IDF activity in Beit Lahia, two Hamas military compounds were dismantled by the troops, who had located numerous weapons, explosive devices, guns, military equipment, communication devices in the compounds prior to the strike.In additional activity in the area, two hostile observation operatives were identified in a compound located adjacent to the remaining troops in the area. After confirming the identification of the terrorists, IDF tanks struck the compound where the observation operatives were identified and killed them.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL VERSION OF THIS STORY