Hezbollah is accelerating efforts to rebuild its military and economic infrastructure following the heavy blows it suffered during last year’s conflict with Israel, sparking growing concern among Israeli security officials and international observers. In recent weeks, Israeli intelligence has detected an uptick in the terror group’s rearmament, including in southern Lebanon — a move that violates existing agreements between Jerusalem and Beirut. Despite repeated Israeli warnings, Lebanon’s oversight mechanisms have failed to act effectively to curb Hezbollah’s buildup.
According to Israeli defense sources, Hezbollah continues to conduct training exercises, transfer weapons, and rehabilitate its operational and financial systems — sometimes with the knowledge, and in certain cases the cooperation, of the Lebanese army. Over the past month, the IDF struck dozens of targets across southern Lebanon, including operational sites, weapons depots and rocket production facilities. The IDF said it would maintain freedom of action in Lebanon and continue counterterrorism strikes as required.
On Thursday night, the IDF carried out an intensified wave of strikes in and around the coastal city of Tyre, hitting targets located deep within civilian areas. Hezbollah is known to place its weapons among homes in southern Lebanese villages, using residents as human shields. The IDF issued more than five evacuation notices to Lebanese civilians in the region during the same day. (Ed note: In the prophecy of Psalm 83:7, GEBAL is now called JBEIL, and TYRE is still TYRE. Both are still located in Lebanon, and both will matter,) (Read More)
