Hezbollah Holds Public Military Exercise Near Front With Israel (Video…
On May 21, Hezbollah held a public military exercise in southern Lebanon, just a few kilometers away from the front with Israel.
The exercise, which was attended by local and international media, was held at a camp near the Tourist Landmark of the Resistance in the town of Mleeta. Hezbollah fighters conducted tactical maneuvers during the small-scale exercise and later showcased heavy weapons, including multiple rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades.
A day earlier, Hezbollah’s media relations official, Muhammad Afif, said that the “limited” military exercise will showcase a “simple example” of the group’s capabilities.
The exercise was organized to celebrate the Resistance and Liberation Day, a holiday marking the Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory in southern Lebanon, as well as to send a message to Israel, Afif explained.
Last month, Israel carried out several strikes on southern Lebanon after accusing the Palestinian Hamas Movement, a close ally of Hezbollah, of launching rockets from the region. This was the first such Israeli attack against Lebanon since 2021. Hezbollah refrained from responding, likely because the strikes didn’t result in any material or human losses.
Hezbollah’s military exercise was likely also meant as a message to the group’s opponents inside Lebanon, who are trying to use the country’s political and economic crisis to pressure the group under directions from the United States.
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