BEIRUT (Dispatches) –
Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has recently constructed 15 outposts on the Lebanon border near the Israeli-occupied territories, the regime’s media have reported.
Most of the outposts are along the western section of the border, with each such site containing an outlook position or tower, two to three housing units and storage facilities, according to Channel 12.
“We see a clear statement of intent by Hezbollah,” the report quoted a senior source with the Zionist regime’s military (IDF)’s Northern Command as saying. “The problem is that as soon as Hezbollah builds a post like this, the Lebanese army and UNIFIL [the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] no longer arrive [in the area where the post has been built],” the source added.
Hezbollah fighters are everywhere in the vicinity, some armed with handguns and rifles.
On June 9, the IDF said that Hezbollah has established an intelligence-gathering outpost on the Lebanon border.
IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee posted images on Twitter showing what he said were Hezbollah resistance fighters at the post.
The IDF has revealed in the past that Hezbollah uses the cover to maintain a presence near the border.
According to Kan News, the head of the IDF’s Northern Command Maj. Gen. Amir Bara’am expressed concern over the development, saying, “Recently, there has been an increase in the construction of Hezbollah forward bases.”
Hezbollah was established following the 1982 Zionist invasion and occupation of southern Lebanon. Since then, the popular resistance group has grown into a powerful military force.
The resistance group fought off two wars by the Zionist regime against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006, forcing a humiliating retreat upon the Tel Aviv regime’s military in both wars.
The movement has vowed to resolutely defend Lebanon in case of another Israeli war.