Nasrallah Threatens Golan Front With Israel

For both Hezbollah and Israel, the next war will tolerate no tie; there should be a clear winner. Israel, according to observers, is at full strength.... What about Hezbollah?

On May 9, the group's chief made his first comments on the Israeli strikes on Damascus, saying, "Israel seeks to totally remove Syria from the equation in order to besiege the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine." Nasrallah pointed out that Israel bombed Syria to say that backing the resistance and supplying it with military aid will lead to the downfall of the regime.

According to Nasrallah, the Syrian strategic response was that of "launching the popular-resistance campaign in the Golan Heights" and Damascus' decision to supply Hezbollah with "game-changing" arms. What does this mean? For years, Israel has been speculating that Hezbollah has between 40,000 and 60,000 rockets. The number was never confirmed by Hezbollah, but many know that from 2006 up to now, the group has been stuffing its depots with all kinds of weapons...

In any new war, it's clear that Hezbollah's strategy will differ. In his Feb. 17, 2011, speech Nasrallah said, "In the last war, there were limited rockets in the north. In the next war they'll be aiming for all of Israel."...

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