By: Kayhan Int’l
The recent perfect attack on the Zionist occupied town of Saliha and its environs by Lebanon’s legendary anti-terrorist movement the Hezbollah that blasted to bits an Israeli military vehicle leaving its occupants dead and wounded including a top commander is being hailed as a strategic move that could change the rules of the struggle.
Saliha was the scene of a bloody massacre of its people during the Israeli war of 1948 when its Muslim population was completely wiped out. The structures in the village, with the exception of an elementary school for boys, were also destroyed. Israeli forces blew up the village mosque, killing 60–94 people who were inside.
In 1958 the Zionist occupiers led by General Moshav Avivim changed Saliha’s name to Avivim, and in 1963 settled it by immigrants from North Africa, mostly Moroccan Jews.
An American author and former diplomat says a recent Hezbollah operation against the occupied territories sent a warning to the Israelis that they "cannot hide anymore,” and that the Lebanese resistance group is no longer "on the receiving end” of the Tel Aviv regime’s raids.
Michael Springmann made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday after Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV broadcast footage of two anti-tank missiles hitting a moving Israeli armored vehicle, killing and wounding its occupants.
The attack came in response to an Israeli air raid last week that martyred two resistance fighters in Syria.
Commenting on the retaliatory operation, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned that there were "no more red lines” in the group’s confrontation with the Tel Aviv regime, and that in case of any future Israeli act of aggression, "all your border, your forces and your settlements” would be at risk.
Springmann further said that Hezbollah’s operation "changed the entire game” and sent a warning message to Israel that the occupying entity would not be permitted to launch cross border attacks and violate Lebanese sovereignty with impunity.
Hezbollah signaled that "we’re not going to be on the receiving end forever... We’re going on the offensive, and we will attack you in occupied Palestine, not just in the southern part of Lebanon or the northern part of Lebanon or wherever.”
The ex-US diplomat also pointed out that Israel is "afraid of” its people finding out about the regime’s "precarious” position and is thus lying about the casualties of Hezbollah’s attack.
"The whole thing is that they are afraid of the people in Israel realizing what a precarious position they are in .... and that their claim to annex the illegal colonies in the West Bank [is] going to create more than an uproar. So, I think in the future the Israelis are really concerned about what the people think of their government and what will happen should [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu push things a little bit too far,” he added.
Springmann further described resistance as the sole option to confront the Israeli regime, saying Hezbollah’s operation conveys a message that "the way you deal with the Israelis is to fight back.”
Saliha was the scene of a bloody massacre of its people during the Israeli war of 1948 when its Muslim population was completely wiped out. The structures in the village, with the exception of an elementary school for boys, were also destroyed. Israeli forces blew up the village mosque, killing 60–94 people who were inside.
In 1958 the Zionist occupiers led by General Moshav Avivim changed Saliha’s name to Avivim, and in 1963 settled it by immigrants from North Africa, mostly Moroccan Jews.
An American author and former diplomat says a recent Hezbollah operation against the occupied territories sent a warning to the Israelis that they "cannot hide anymore,” and that the Lebanese resistance group is no longer "on the receiving end” of the Tel Aviv regime’s raids.
Michael Springmann made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday after Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV broadcast footage of two anti-tank missiles hitting a moving Israeli armored vehicle, killing and wounding its occupants.
The attack came in response to an Israeli air raid last week that martyred two resistance fighters in Syria.
Commenting on the retaliatory operation, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned that there were "no more red lines” in the group’s confrontation with the Tel Aviv regime, and that in case of any future Israeli act of aggression, "all your border, your forces and your settlements” would be at risk.
Springmann further said that Hezbollah’s operation "changed the entire game” and sent a warning message to Israel that the occupying entity would not be permitted to launch cross border attacks and violate Lebanese sovereignty with impunity.
Hezbollah signaled that "we’re not going to be on the receiving end forever... We’re going on the offensive, and we will attack you in occupied Palestine, not just in the southern part of Lebanon or the northern part of Lebanon or wherever.”
The ex-US diplomat also pointed out that Israel is "afraid of” its people finding out about the regime’s "precarious” position and is thus lying about the casualties of Hezbollah’s attack.
"The whole thing is that they are afraid of the people in Israel realizing what a precarious position they are in .... and that their claim to annex the illegal colonies in the West Bank [is] going to create more than an uproar. So, I think in the future the Israelis are really concerned about what the people think of their government and what will happen should [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu push things a little bit too far,” he added.
Springmann further described resistance as the sole option to confront the Israeli regime, saying Hezbollah’s operation conveys a message that "the way you deal with the Israelis is to fight back.”
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