- In the past 24 hours, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for eleven attacks against Israel using high-trajectory fire (including Grad rockets), anti-tank missiles, and suicide UAVs.
- In addition, there were five events of UAV infiltration into Israeli territory in Upper Galilee, Mevo’ot HaHermon, Merom HaGalil, Golan Heights, and the city of Nahariya, for which no responsibility was claimed.
- Yesterday (June 3), Hezbollah launches caused severe fires in northern Israel: Kiryat Shmona, North of the Golan, Keren Naftali, and the communities of Betzet, Kfar Giladi, and Amiad. Several of Hezbollah’s attacks were aimed at forested areas. As a result of the fires, 11 soldiers and civilians were injured. Attached are videos and photos from the city of Kiryat Shmona and the community of Kfar Giladi, taken from social media (credit: unknown).
- Yesterday, a day after the UAV crashed in Nahariya, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed to have attacked a target in South Liman. In practice, the UAV exploded in a public park in the city.
- Yesterday, Hezbollah launched dozens of Grad rockets toward the Upper Galilee region, causing fires. Hezbollah claimed the attack was aimed at a military base and was in response to the IDF attack in Lebanon.
- Yesterday, in an airstrike in the Zarariya area in the Tyre region, Ali Hussein Sabara, a senior operative in Hezbollah’s air defense array, was killed. Sabara was involved in building the military power of the air defense array and developing and improving the array’s capabilities.
- In response, Hezbollah launched suicide UAVs toward the Dishon area in the Upper Galilee. According to Hezbollah, it aimed at a military target.
- Also, in response to the IDF attacks on southern Lebanon, Hezbollah launched a rocket barrage toward the city of Shlomi. Some of the rockets hit the community of Betzet and caused severe fires.
- In the past 24 hours, IDF struck a Hezbollah compound around Hanine and a Hezbollah terrorist that was operating around Naqoura.
- A short while ago, there were reports in Lebanon about an airstrike on a vehicle in the Beqaa and a motorcycle in Naqoura.
One Response
Tehran sees the Biden administration as critical to its Strategy- A political, financial war of attrition. Iran wants a diplomatic -war crisis not only in Gaza but also in Yemen and the North with Hezbollah. Iran wants the IDF to leave Gaza, Hamas in power in Gaza, with Egypt back in control of the Philadelphia corridor. Even if Hamas is removed from Gaza, Israel must retain control of the Philadelphia corridor and Gaza. Egypt has become an adversary and growing threat.
Iran sees Judea and Samaria as the next most crucial front against Israel; hence, to solidify this front, the Jordanian government must be overthrown. Jordan would allow a direct supply line from Syria to Judea and Samaria. With Jordan in the hands of Iran, Israel’s longest border becomes a battlefront.
According to the Tasnim News Agency, Iran’s technical know-how to produce Iran’s first homegrown naval ballistic missiles is now at the disposal of Yemen’s Houthis military. Tehran is building the Houthis military capabilities to the most modern and advanced standards.
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War and American Enterprise Institute think tanks said the Houthis and Iran are using attacks to “test and refine their approach to striking naval targets.” Recently Houthi rebels claimed that their forces carried out six attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including an attempted strike on the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and another on an American destroyer. It was the second claimed attack on the Eisenhower in two days.
U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Brad Cooper confirmed in an interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Norah O’Donnell that members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps are on the ground in Yemen “serving side-by-side” with the rebel group and providing advice and target information.
Tehran’s naval ship(s) in the Red Sea & Indian Ocean and military ground advisors are providing the Houthis with critical targeting intelligence. Iran wants to increase International economic pressure through warfare from the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is only a matter of time before Houthis start using naval drones, mines, and related warfare tactics.
IRGC intends more deep military aerial strikes on Israel from Yemen into Israel, along with supporting strikes from Syria and Iraq.