Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah, Lebanon and Syria (June 24 – July 1 , 2024)

  • This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 38 attacks on military and civilian targets in northern Israel, similar to the previous week, using anti-tank missiles, mortar shells, UAVs and various types of rockets, including heavy rockets. Eighteen IDF soldiers were injured in the northern Golan Heights by a UAV attack.
  • Israeli Air Force fighter jets and UAVs attacked Hezbollah targets and operatives in south Lebanon. Nine Hezbollah operatives and a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative were killed.
  • Senior Hezbollah figures warned Israel not to expand the conflict in Lebanon. According to reports, Hezbollah put its border units on higher alert out of concern for Israeli military infiltration. Several countries called on their citizens to leave Lebanon for fear of escalation.
  • According to reports, Iran provided Hezbollah with new weapons, including unmanned naval vessels. Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah praised Iran and its “regional achievements and victories.”
  • The prime minister of the transitional government in Lebanon, Najib Mikati, visited south Lebanon and said the country was already at war.
  • Syria: A Hezbollah operative was killed in an attack on a Jihad al-Bina Association target. The attack was attributed to Israel.
  • For the first time since 2016, the Arab League announced it did not designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Check Also

Hopes and Uncertainties in Syria

Many Western leaders have expressed their relief at the collapse of the dictatorship of Syria’s …