Hezbollah is an expert in using the human shield tactic. An additional protective layer has been added to the tactic, which is the Lebanese Army.
Iranian influence in Lebanon. “Soft” influence efforts through “civil” aid associations with the potential to serve as a cover for intelligence–military activity. On 2 December,
While Turkey, as a NATO member state, serves as a base for transferring money for Hezbollah (as well as Hamas), senior Hezbollah operatives also take
On 4 December, Israel and Lebanon sent civilian representatives to direct talks between the two countries. On the Israeli side, the acting head of the
In this map, we show examples of Hezbollah’s use of civilians and civilian infrastructure as a human shield for their military purposes. *For this map,
Between 1–8 December, the IDF carried out five rounds of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets.The targets struck included training camps and rocket launch compounds. In addition,
On the night of December 8, the IDF struck in the Aklim al-Tufah area, north of the Litani, in a region located north of Nabatieh
The arms smuggling highway from Syria to Lebanon for Hezbollah continues at varying intensity. On December 2, Syrian Internal Security Forces thwarted a smuggling attempt
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