Since Hezbollah opened the military front against the Israeli regime on October 8, a day after the Palestinian resistance launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm; Israeli leaders have repeatedly issued bellicose statements against the Lebanese resistance movement.
Daily operations by the Lebanese resistance have been met with warnings by war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and the likes of Yoav Gallant, Bezalzel Smotrich, Etamer Ben-Gvir and others.
They have even suggested that Lebanon will return to the “stone age”, a statement smacking of complete desperation and frustration.
“Hezbollah must pay the price and anyone that supports Hezbollah must pay the price,” some said.
“We will burn everything that exists in Lebanon” others warned.
Netanyahu and his crew enjoyed the support of the Israeli settler population to enact those threats.
Too many mediators flew in and out of Beirut, relaying messages, via Lebanese officials, for Hezbollah to halt its legitimate operations against the Israeli occupation.
US special envoy Amos Hochstein was the last to make the trip. Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French president’s special envoy to Lebanon, had a go too.
Hakan Fidan, the Turkish foreign minister, was among the others who said Tel Aviv was fuming and, this time, is seriously considering a full-scale war against Lebanon.
“End the Hezbollah fire, calm it. Do whatever you can.” they all pleaded with senior Lebanese government officials, evidently rattled by what they witnessed.
That was nearly nine months ago. Now, Israeli settlers are not as enthused about a full-scale war as they used to be. The appetite has disappeared, mostly due to what they have witnessed from Hezbollah, and they know their army is exhausted from fighting in Gaza.
Since day one, Hezbollah’s message has been clear, transparent and consistent. “Once the genocide in Gaza stops, our military operations will stop,” top Hezbollah officials have said.
The Zionist threat of returning Lebanon “to the stone age” is not something new.
What’s new is that Hezbollah is threatening to return the Zionist occupation “back to the stone age” and this threat is not a mere rhetoric. They mean business.
Consider what happened on the Lebanese front following the assassination of Hezbollah commander Abu Talib, the world now understands that the Lebanese resistance is a force to reckon with.
Several hundred projectiles fired in two days by Hezbollah was something the Zionist regime had not witnessed since 1948, according to Hebrew Channel 13.
In July last year, an assessment by the Israeli security agency Shabak was presented to Netanyahu and his crew on the scenario that would unfold inside occupied Palestine on the first day of a full-scale war.
“Hezbollah would fire 6,000 projectiles.”
These would include missiles, some of which would be precision-guided as well as drones. The extent of the firepower would overwhelm the Iron Dome system to an extent not seen in living memory.
This is just the first day.
If several hundred missiles caused so much damage and infuriated the Zionists after veteran commander Abu Talib’s martyrdom, what would 6,000 missiles in one day cause?
According to the Shabak, it would destroy electricity plants, railway stations, Iron Dome batteries, and other infrastructure crucial to the existence of the Zionist occupation.
