[News] Hizbullah And Israels myth of invincibility
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Hizbullah And Israel's myth of invincibility By Ali Al-Hail
Al-Jazeerah, August 14, 2006
To Arabs the resolution 1701, is the best worst since Israeli-Arab
conflict began in 1948. Had never before the UN come this close to
Arabs. Unquestionably, is the fierce resistance by Hizbullah that,
has defeated Israel's myth of invincibility, the reason behind the resolution.
The US, the main player in the Security Council was founded upon
power and force, so was Israel. Therefore, when Hizbullah's fighters
had answered them in their language of "Survival of the Fittest",
they got the message loud an clear.
From the very first day on July 12th until the very last day, on
August 13th and prior to the agreed ceasefire, Hizbullah's fighters
had never given in to the presumably, most powerful army in the
entire Middle East. Israel's Army that, crushed the armies of, at
least 20 Arab regimes in 6 hours during 1967 war, was not capable,
despite its most 400 sophisticated strong F16 jets intensive bombing,
of stopping Hizbullah's missiles falling on Israel on a daily basis.
Sunday August 13th and after 31 days of ferocious confrontation has
once more, seen 200 Hizbullah's missiles striking on Israel, despite
Israel's allegations of crippling Hizbullah's capability to launch
missiles. More significantly, on Saturday, August 12th, Hizbullah
decided to celebrate the July 12th Israeli war on Lebanon in the way,
Israel had regretted.
While the Israeli Army was determined to achieve 'something on the
ground' that, it had remarkably, failed to achieve in the past 31
days for domestic consumption back at home, the Israeli army suffered
the highest toll in a single day. 24 Israeli soldiers had been killed
by Hizbullah's anti tank missiles, including 5 soldiers were killed
in a helicopter shot down by Hizbullah.
Until Sunday August 13th, and before 9 hours from the UN ceasefire
the Israeli Army still seems to struggle with holding on Aitasha'b, a
1.5 mile border village and other few contiguous villages, much less
approaching the Litani River. Though Israel claimed three weeks ago,
its Army had controlled Aitasha'b and other nearby villages,
including the strategic town of Bintjbail the furthest the Israeli
Army has reached was a maximum of 5 miles. Hence, 9 hours before the
UN truce, the Israeli Army until now has suffered huge losses. Media
reports speak about 35 killed and injured in the Israeli Army in
these adjacent villages in which Hizbullah, according to BBC
Radio-World Service put on fierce fighting as ever.
AP, Jane's Defense Weekly, BBC and other media sources are reported
to have said more than 150 Israeli soldiers, including 35 Golani
elite troopers had been killed, most of them were targeted in their
merkava tanks, by Hizbullah's anti-tank missiles. The reports also
indicates that, the injured have exceeded 400. Additionally, More
than 100 Merkava tanks, 46 bulldozers and 34 armored vehicles were destroyed.
In the meantime, Israel's air force hooligans have, as usual since
July 12th been conducting more holocausts, massacres and crimes
against humanity. It's Israel's way of absorbing its frustration with
being incapable of weakening Hizbullah, let alone disarming it.
On Sunday August 13th and as the clock ticked down towards the
ceasefire, Israel's air force had murdered a mother with her three
children and her Asian assistant, in Eastern Tire, according to BBC
report. The Israeli air force hooligans have also, butchered two
families of 5 and 6 members in Ihraik Neighborhood, southern Beirut.
Besides, 25 civilians, most of them children, had been murdered.
Until the time of writing there are 40 other people under rubble.
Other massacres have been carried out by the Israeli air force
hooligans in Al-Begaa and other parts of Lebanon. BBC, Reuters, AP,
CNN and Al-jazeera were reported to have described the places in
which civilians had been murdered as residential, with no Hizbullah's
presence. Since Israel's naval shelling and air force bombing
campaign started on July 12th , nearly, 1600 Lebanese civilians had
been killed, half of them are children. 29 families of 6-14 members
were reported to have been murdered by Israel in cold blood. More
than 6000 were injured or maimed virtually, third of this number are
children as well. The Lebanese civilians who were forced to flee
their homes from Southern Lebanon, Beirut-Southern district, Al-Biqaa
and Ba'labak had numbered a million (1,000,000).
Al Jazeera was reported to have witnessed that, these bombings and
massacres by the Israeli Air Force had aimed at revenge and on the
other hand to achieve something convincing to the Israeli people.
Moreover, the BBC's John Muir (BBC, Radio World Service, August 13th)
has spoken of Hizbullah's tactics and war strategies that, had
completely, puzzled and taken it by surprise.
As a result, Hizbullah's tactics in this war, have world-wide been
observed by military colleges. According to media reports, for years
to come what a guerrilla has done versus the most military might in
the entire Middle East and one of the most powerful Army in the whole
World, had captured the attentions of many military specialists in
the World, including those in the US and Israel itself. To sum up,
one could say that, disarming Hizbullah by whoever would have made
Lebanese, Arabs and Muslims feel disarmed of dignity. As was never
before Israel defeated by an Arab country, in the way Hizbullah had done.
Professor, Dr. Ali Al-Hail, Professor of Mass Communication, Twice
Fulbright Award Winner, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, and Board Member
of AUSACE ASC, IABD, NEBAA, BEA, IMDA and EAJMC American Associations.
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