{"id":79932,"date":"2020-07-28T17:05:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T15:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79932"},"modified":"2020-07-28T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T08:00:48","slug":"06-05-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=79932","title":{"rendered":"A most peculiar attack: Will Hezbollah deem border fracas adequate vengeance?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Hezbollah deem border fracas adequate vengeance?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

JUDAH ARI GROSS <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Though the Shiite terror group has previously accepted failed operations as sufficient, it is indicating this time that its retaliation for a fallen fighter has yet to come<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A picture taken from the Israeli side of the Blue Line that separates Israel and Lebanon shows smoke billowing above the Shebaa Farms sector after clashes in the border area, on July 27, 2020. (Jalaa MAREY \/ AFP)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years, as the Hezbollah terror group has worked to build up its military capabilities and the Israel Defense Forces has sought to foil those efforts, the two sides have developed and maintained certain red lines and understandings. For Hezbollah, which relies heavily on popular support at home, this includes retaliating to any deaths of its fighters, a strategy of tit-for-tat that has been playing out along the northern border over the past week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Tuesday night, Hezbollah announced that one of its members \u2014 Ali Kamel Mohsen Jawad \u2014 was killed in an Israeli airstrike on an Iran-linked facility in Damascus International Airport. Though the explicit threats came later, past experience made it clear to Israel that some kind of response was a matter of time \u2014 likely an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) strike on an Israeli military vehicle, though a sniper attack or improvised explosive device planted on the border were not out of the question.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday afternoon, it appeared as though Hezbollah had made its move to get revenge for its fallen operative in Syria. According to the IDF, a group of armed Hezbollah operatives crossed into Israeli-controlled territory from Lebanon shortly after 3 p.m., moving toward an IDF post on the contested Mount Dov, also known as Shebaa Farms, before Israeli troops opened fire toward them, forcing them to flee back across the border.<\/span><\/p>\n

This alleged attempted attack was somewhat peculiar, occurring in the middle of the afternoon when visibility is highest and in an area that \u2014 even when border tensions aren\u2019t running high \u2014 is under constant surveillance as it has regularly been the site of Hezbollah attacks on Israeli troops. Under those conditions, success would be unlikely. According to the military, the Hezbollah operatives never fired a shot during their infiltration. Lebanese news outlets speculated the group may have been performing reconnaissance rather than attempting to conduct an attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

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