Lebanon Threatens, ’’Israel’’ Could Defend?!

Mariam Ali

As the political equations change over time, the geo-strategic realities also differ from one era to another.

However, the only constant factor after more than sixty years of its establishment is that the whole Zionist entity is today in range of fire.

Admitting that the so-called terrorists groups close to "Israel" are in possession of missiles capable of hitting all "Israeli" ports and offshore infrastructure such as oil rigs, the senior officer in the "Israeli" Navy intelligence Brigadier General Yaron Levi warned of the new reality at a conference in Tel Aviv University that focused on the naval theater.
 

Levi who reminded of the Secretary General of Hizbullah His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah new deterrence equation, Levi pointed to the fact that a large part of "Israel's" strategic infrastructure is concentrated in a narrow strip along the coast."

"Any damage to them would be critical," he added noting that "you don't need to be genius to know where our oil rigs are, I'm sure you can find their location on the internet."

"Israel", which has long embodied the specter of terror to various regimes and armies in the region, turned to a ghost image of Casper which threatens no body with its own embedded fear.

""Israel" knows Hizbullah has Iranian-made surface-to-sea missiles, and may also obtain from Russian-made rockets that Syria has. These missiles have a range that covers all of "Israel's" ports, our economic waters and a large part of the shipping lines to "Israel"," the "Israeli" Navy's Intelligence chief warned.

According to Levi, Hizbullah's model of resistance is being copied today to the Gaza Strip.
"In the future, we will have to deal with missiles, torpedoes, mines, above-surface weapons and underwater ones, both in Gaza and Lebanon."

On the other side of the scene, Lebanon announced confidently that it is capable of protecting its oil and gas installations, as its resistance is ready to avenge any attack.

"They ("Israelis") know that Lebanon is capable of doing that. We warn the "Israelis" against carrying out any act that may lead to stealing Lebanon's resources out of its territorial waters," Sayyed Nasrallah assured.
 
Five years on the "Israeli" defeat in Lebanon, Beirut's threats are seriously read in the "Israeli" military level as well as political circles.

"Israel" announced that it doesn't aim to escalate the dispute on maritime borders begging U.S. interference in the issue to assure the safety of its sea oil facilities.

Similarly, choosing the Arabic name "Tamuz" of July war 2006 to its new uncovered strategic missile, "Israel" tried to calm down its community that "we're ready to defend" despite the critics that this weapon is facing for its failure:
 
"Despite the missile's precision in hitting targets, post-war conclusions led the "IDF" to decide that at least half of the time, the use of such a precise and expensive missile was not justified. Each Tapuz missile costs about NIS 500,000, so in other words, during the Second Lebanon War, about NIS 300 million worth of missiles were used," Haaretz military correspondent concluded.

A new era has launched "Lebanon threatens, "Israel" could defend."

Source: moqawama.org