Hezbollah challenges Israel: long-range rockets and missiles to hit Tel Aviv

John

By John

Israel ed Hezbollah they are at war. The Air Force of Jewish state he intensified the bombings and a ground intervention byarmy seems imminent. At the same time, the group Lebanese Shia it targeted major centers such as Tel Aviv. An agreement for one truce The Israeli prime minister seems far away Benjamin Netanyahu announces that operations are continuing; the leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah declares that the group is ready for conflict. Last act of an escalation that accelerated between 17 and 18 Septemberwhen first the pagers and then the walkie talkies of members of the Lebanese Shiite organization were detonated causing at least 38 dead and more than 3 thousand injured. Operation of intelligence which paved the way for the intervention of the Israeli Air Force, which as of September 20th it hit not only across the border, but also the capital Beirut. Among the at least 56 deadnot only members of the Lebanese party, but also civilians. Now Hezbollah responds to threats and is ready to deploy his own arsenal.

The Lebanese movement developed between 1982 and the 2000has since increased its own armaments until it became “the largest armed group in the world”. Drones, missilesdefense anti-aircraft, tank And soldiers who will be deployed to respond to the operations of the Jewish State army.

Rockets. It is estimated that since 2006 to date Hezbollah has accumulated 130 thousand rockets and missiles. A real one arsenal capable of hitting at different distances. The rockets Khaibar, Raad, Fajir And Zilzal they can be armed with quantities between 50 hey 600 kg of explosives and hit at a distance between 40 and 200 kilometers. Last week, after the pager explosion, Hezbollah announced that it had hit the Israeli base Ramat David Air Force with missiles Fadi-1 And Fadi-2capable of hitting up to 105km away. The latest generation rockets Fadi-3 they made their appearance in an attack on the base Samsonlocated in Galilee. Rockets were also used for the first time last June Falaq-2capable of carrying heavy loads explosive warheadsbut hit in a maximum radius 10km. The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallahhas repeatedly declared its intention to convert the rockets into precision missilesand the next few days will tell how words have turned into actions.