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hello and welcome to press tv spotlight, i'm marsia hashimi, thanks so much for being with us. well, it has been almost 11 months of the ongoing israeli genocide against the palestinians in gaza, there has not been much action from the international community nor international law, but the palestinian resistance has been non-stop in its relentless fights against the zianis, not only the palestinian resistance, but we've seen the... whole resistance front fighting

against designs genocide, and today it was the lebanese resistance front hezbollah, which sent shock waves through out designist entity as it launched operation arba ain on sensitive military target. stay with us as we take a look at the significance of what took place today on the spotlight. i'd like to welcome my guests to the program. out of bethlehem, and and scientists and author and out of johannesburg author activist and political analy ahmed well thank you so much both of you for being with us today, i'd like of to start this off in bethlehem, i mean hezbollah's operation just didn't uh target the israeli regime, it targeted very important bases where musad and other

intelligent units are headquarters, how significant is this attack on these types of target, and what does it say about hezbollah's military and? capabilities: well, it is an interesting phenomenon what we observe basically, after israel has been put on hold for weeks now, waiting for the strike and basically it's economy has suffered significantly waiting for us to see this, this surprise attack, of course, what we observed is significant. abilities of of planning and organization as it seems, as an analyst observing this, i can only wonder the level of deterrance that israel claimed to have caused, and that hisballah basically has

decided that it will strike, and it did strike when it chose to strike, and it was kind of two stage process. one is the 300 and some rockets that were shot, catusha rockets on 11 military sites and while this was happening some drones were launched and for the first time from al baka valley, this is quite a distance inside lebanon, and they managed to cross the border according to hazballah and israel has not denied that these these drones cross the borders. israel of course denies that there is any damage and that this was not a very productive operation, which you would expect them to do that, and now you know, then of course we

cannot have independent journalists or observers visit those sites to see what actually transpired. right, okay, well zack, the secretary general of hezballah sad hasan nasrulah said in a speech on sunday that this operation was successful and it was executed while the israelis along with their american and european supporters were under the highest alert as man just referred to and they were anticipating retaliatory actions from the resistance front and still couldn't prevent it. your thoughts. most definitely i think this indicates very complex and sophisticated operation by the res distance movement, if we look at what said, it was very clear indication that israel was baited into a preemptive strike, depends on how you want to frame it is, is it a preemptive strike if you drawn into a trap, they were drawn to strike empty launch bases, launch

pads and goes further even give evaluation of that, the israel is start this an hour before, basically empty the magazine in a figurative way, and as the planes are going back, you have this launch of multiple rockets, 340 is the the value that i heard last, and striking 11 bases opening the way for these drones to strike, one of the most sensitive sites, this particular base is the home of the 8200 and the aman military intelligence unit, so this... indicates that there's a feedback loop in the intelligence system, that means that they were capable of putting false information out to feed into the israeli system, together with the americans and the europeans, they were not able to sift out that this was false information, it forced them to strike and

this was to their detriment, it's very clear, the issue is would this create equation now in the region that would prevent israel from taking the military adventurism steps that they have been taking both within beirot and tehran, that it becomes the question now, or is it just a attack that is answer for answer, because it's very clear what this was, this was attempt to assassinate the the senior leadership of aman and the 8200, that is why there were no ballistic missiles that were used, it was drones and these are for specific targets, ballistics. are for larger damage counts, this is not the the purpose of the attack, it was very specific and hence i believe is saying that in the next few days we will see the results and if the results are not satisfactory we will see second round these right mon, do you think that this

attack was not only a show of force but also a warning that hazbullah has lot more information and capabilities than they have shown and that it can up the anti any time uh, yes, i believe so, i think clearly, you know, these are secret facilities and facilities that... israel doesn't want exact locations for or capabilities on, these are the most sensitive sites within the israeli regime, so for for even the attempt even regardless of the percentage of success or whatever, the attempt at them alone is is really shocking to the israeli regime, and in anticipation of the exposure, israel already started to declare certain things that turned out to be not true, for example that they

have destroyed 800 rockets and things like that, which turned out to be not true, so israel is trying to snatch victory out of the joys of defeat so to speak, in in trying to analyze this just as an observer, i think the fact that israel also said we are satisfied and we're okay, meaning please don't hit us again, you know, this this is kind of interesting that they don't want escalation, nobody of course wants escalation in this in this war, because wars are always devastating to all sides and certainly you know hasan nasara today explained that basically you were not we never said the the hizballah never said that they have matched

capabilities of israel or that they have the same tools and equipment that israel has, but they will resist and that they have that will and that they will do it right, what about that will zakar just mentioned that uh as said hasan nastrolah said today that yes of course we're not on part if you want to look at as far as the military um equipments and other uh things that of course the regime have been given, but what they have is that will, that dedication, that steadfastness and the courage. i mean, your assessment of how the regime sees this, when they know that in so many ways they have superior force, but they have not been able to stop the lebanese resistance in the way that they wanted to. i think it's by design, the resistance has studied very carefully different forms of

attack against a larger power, they've looked at algeria, they've looked at the vietnames and the viet kong, how they fought, they've drawn numerous experiences from around the world in numerous parts of history to develop the plan that they currently have, we look at gazza as an example, we look a very small force in the larger scheme of things that is beseed. and is delivering massive damage to the occupying force, they have leveraged atrition, and this is the failure of israel, israel is a is a armor heavy air superiority military based on a reservist force, it is built for kinetic short term operations and not built for these long-term wars and this is what the resistance has leveraged, what this has shown, if we break this down into basic terms is that you have incredibly high tech latest developments, latest equipment in

the military sphere enemy, and you have a relatively low tech response that is capable of dealing tremendous damage, if we verse the two off, look at the tamir interceptor, anywhere between 50 to 100 thous usd per interceptor, 20 in a launcher, and then you look at the 340... 't rockets that are fired by hizballah as a destruction, these are not even comfortable, however when you look at the effect that has had, and spoke about this, forced all these individuals to go into the bunkers in gujdan, to open up the ministry of defense, bankers etc. getting all these individuals to run and flee from hizballah's attacks, i think this indicates that despite the..." qualitative edge uh that the enemy may have, it is the will, the

ingenuity of the resistance, and it is always the truth that will prevail, and i think this is what has been demonstrated over these very many months. yes, indeed. well, man, there are images on social media and some mainstream networks showing how israel intercepted hezballah's rockets, saying that none of them hit their targets and hezbollah says the launching of the rockets of course. on purpose was done on purpose to busy the iron domes missiles in order to allow the drones to actually reach their target. i mean, what are your thoughts on how hezbulah seem to have figured out how to get around? not only the iron dome, but all the obstacles that the americans and others have created in order to protect the regime. well, we have not seen of course everything, and hisballah claims that they have much more capabilities than what they have shown so far, and that their ballistic missiles, for example, and

guided missiles which have not been used so far, are still in their... stock piles, israel claims to have destroyed some rockets, but we don't see any evidence of that, we do see the bombing from the air, but it's not clear what they are hitting, according to, two launching sites were attacked, that these launching pads coast anywhere between whatever 6000 or 600 or 800, i don't remember. number, but a small number in military terms in terms of cost, as mentioned by your other guess, this contrasts with the iron dome coasts and and the coastts of these interceptors, but of course israel has the backing of the united states which has supplied it with everything it needs and much

more, even at the expense of depleting the american stock piles of weapon. so if there is any conflicts in other parts of the world, the us military is in short supply for some of this, so i think it's interesting to see the dynamics of what's happening in terms of the military balance, if you want to call it, but really again we're not talking about armies of big countries, we're talking about gorilla forces, what? it's hizballah in lebanon or hamas in the gaza strip versus the fifth strongest army in the world right that spends hundreds of billions of dollars annually. it is quite amazing, and when you put it like that, when we put into terms of basically gorilla forces um fighting this entity that has such global at least support

from the western hegemonic front, and as you said not only, hasbullah, but we look at what hamas has been able to accomplish in almost 11 months, it is, it is quite amazing, i mean staying with you, and what is the key here, what do you think is the difference? well, the difference is on the one hand, you have a colonizer who is interested in maintaining profit for big corporations and individuals like prime minister netanyahu, and on the other hand you have... people who are defending their land and defending their country, they have much more motivation, much more energy and much more perseverance, and also a faith, i believe in what they are doing. this is what many israeli generals and actually previous head of the shinbet israeli intelligence services, domestic ones have

said it's it's gone, it's it's impossible to... win against such such people, so they suggest intelligent people among even the israeli elites suggest that it is time to think of politics and negotiations and not using this hammer of the military all the time, because military is not going to be able to achieve much, and this has been shown in 2006, 2014, 2020, 2023, now 2024. i mean, i think people should understand that the military is not a way to subjugate people. well, speaking of negotiations, zakir, said hassan has said that after today's operation, this will give the palestinian resistance more to bargain with at cease fire talks. i mean, your take on that, what do you think he

means? it's very clear that the... duration for the israeli entity is quite short, if israel continues on this trajectory, it will be ground down by attrition, if they go into military adventurism in the north, as your galant has said that the center of gravity is now shifting from the south to the north, it will result in israel's destruction despite the protective hand that the united states has extended over the zionist entity, therefore it pushes only one direction. in which to solve this matter permanently and that is to sustainable long-term permanent cease fire, that is the only option on the table, the the position that is being put before the israelis is to rip netanyahu apart or to allow him to drag the entire region into a regional war if not a global war and i

think that is the pressure that is referring to is that this gives the resistance further bargaining chips on the table and let's see how it develops the problem is that the israelies don't negotiate in good faith they haven't negotiated in good faith in fact the maps indicate that they are not willing to with from nezarim at the moment, so this is an indication that they are not intending to act in good faith, but this will only spell out the destruction of the zianist entity, it is a temporary entity and has to be washed away as the partit regime was washed away here in south africa. well, and do you see what happened today as major intelligence failure by the zinanis, and not only by the zinanis, but also by the americans and other parts of the western hegemonic front. and not being able basically to to stop this, um, your assessment of it, i think there was some

leaks and some stories in some western media that indeed the us tried to support israel by gathering intelligence and so forth, if one is to believe that they have intervened as indicated by some american officials, by supplying in intelligence on this particular event in the past 24 hours, then indeed it's a failure, not just for the israeli intelligence, but for the american intelligence, and i think the failure is also not a matter of just tactical issues on identifying sources and places, a potential launch of catucias or of of drones, but it's also a failure. on the idea that having vast military power will deter hizballah from seeking retribution for the killing of

hizballah commander in beirot. this calculation was and americans have said this, israels have said this, they said hizballah will not dare, they will not dare attack us, because that could trigger a war in which leban will be destroyed that. this is a miscalculation of the enemy, if you want, and and and that is why i think also they cannot calculate what's going to happen next, they don't understand how far hizballah is willing to go how far iran or hamas or anybody else, or the houties for that matter who are still of course blocking ships going into the mediterranean into the red sea. so i think there's there's miscalculation about the potentiality of response from the axis that's opposing israel, what's called the axis of

resistance, and i think the american and the israeli intelligence, and they are partners of course, full partners, they really need to reassess what they know about these forces that oppose them and try to understand. what can drive them and what doesn't drive them, and so far they have not faired so well in calculations along those strategic lines. all right, and on that note, i'm afraid we're out of time, i appreciate both of you being with us, and palestinian scientists and author out of bethlehem, zak ah, attorney, activist and political analyst out of johannesburg, and thank you viewers for being with us on another spotlight, i'm marzia hashimy signing out for myself and all the crew right here. tehron, hope to see you next time, goodbye.

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also... right to form the organization of islamic cooperation, but none of these cases made the zinist regime stop desegrating alaksa musk. this big attack took place in line with a plan of extremist jewish groups and organizations to build their alleged temple under ruins abosk and to judais jerusalem, action that continues in the silence of international assemblies. now entering its fourth day, we're looking at some.

chief says that the israeli military sides including major intelligence space near tel aviv were hit in the group's retaliatory strikes. according to the his military, navy soldier was killed in the... two were wounded in hesbollah's retaliatory attacks on israel, dozens of palestinians are killed in fresh israel strikes on residential areas and refugee camps in the vassage gaza strip.