Middle East Update

A report on March 11 reveals that the Iranian general Ali Asghari, who recently defected to the West, carried top secret documents proving Iran had ties with Hezbolla.

Several Israeli politicians lambasted P.M. Olmert today for statements made on March 8, that the most recent war with Hizb’Allah in Lebanon was planned in advance - a claim that Hizb’Allah leader Hassan Nasrallah made several times during the war. According to Ha’aretz, Olmert told the Winograd Commission that a military operation in [...]

The J Post reported today, March 9, that the U. N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) would like a more aggressive mandate that would allow them to engage Hizb’Allah guerillas on their own, without the supervision or presence of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). According to the mandate’s rules of engagement, UNIFIL soldiers are [...]

The Associated Press reported today March 5, that Israel is set to file a complaint with the United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon, after some ten mines thrown from inside Syria were found on a border road near an Israeli spa in the Golan Heights. The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon [...]

IDF attempts to shut lid on report expected to blast conduct
Israel’s State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss sent the findings of a report into the army’s handling of the Home Front during last summer’s war with Hizb’Allah to the Knesset and the IDF today March 5, following a petition from the IDF to block the open discussion [...]

Israeli leveled hard criticism at Russian today March 2, following the former Soviet Union’s decision to supply Syria with advanced anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, expressing their concern that the weapons would be transferred to Hizb’Allah forces in Lebanon. During last year’s war between Israel and the Shi’ite Muslim terror group, large quantities of Russian-made [...]

According to a report in the UK’s London Times ON Feb 26, the Iranian-backed Hizb’Allah terror group is building its forces north of Lebanon’s Litani river - just a few dozen kilometers from Israel’s northern border - in anticipation of a coming war with Israel. According to the Times, Hizb’Allah guerillas are congregating in the [...]

SLA fires on IDF forces for second time this month All news sources are reporting that Lebanese anti-aircraft units fired at Israeli jets flying over southern Lebanon today, February 21, according to Lebanese military spokesmen. According to the spokesman, the planes had “violated Lebanese sovereignty, posing a challenge to UN Resolution 1701″ - the Security [...]

According to new IDF intelligence presented today Tuesday February 20, Syria is smuggling arms to Hizb’Allah in Lebanon on a weekly basis, most often under cover of night to evade the eight UN peacekeeper battalions deployed along the border, troops which claim it is too dangerous to patrol at night! Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres [...]

The head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Research Division told the Knesset on Monday February 19, that the Iranian-backed Hizb’Allah terror group has been successful in rehabilitating its forces, and is almost at the same strength as it was before last summer’s war. Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz also said that Syria is busily upgrading its [...]