Thursday, August 11, 2022

Nasrallah Once Again Provoking War With Israel | FrontpageMag

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/08/nasrallah-once-again-provoking-war-israel-joseph-puder/

Hassan Nasrallah, the chief of the terrorist Lebanese Hezbollah organization is at it again, seeking to challenge Israel to a fight. He is repeating the same bravado as he did in 2006, which led to the Second Lebanon War. In 2006, Nasrallah underestimated Israel's response to his provocations. In a cross-border raid on July 12, 2006, Hezbollah terrorists lobbed an anti-tank missile at two armored Israeli Humvees patrolling the Israeli side of the border fence. The ambush left three Israeli soldiers dead. Two Israeli soldiers: Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were taken prisoners, and ultimately murdered.

In July 2022, Nasrallah warned that Israel and foreign companies would not be allowed to start drilling at the Karish gas field unless Israel agreed on a maritime border with Lebanon. In addition, he warned that if Israel began production, it would escalate into a conflict as early as September, and he did not rule out the possibility of a full-scale war with Israel. Earlier in July, Hezbollah unleashed two drones targeting the Karish gas field; they were downed by Israeli Navy and Air Force units.