Israel's Defense Minister: Hizbullah-Global Jihad 'Civil War' Raging in Lebanon

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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has said "civil war" was raging in Lebanon between Hizbullah and Global Jihad members who have attempted to drag Israel into the conflict.

"To those who are not yet aware, there is already a civil war in Lebanon. Global Jihad, which has infiltrated Lebanon and is attacking Hizbullah, is blowing up car bombs in Dahieh and is firing rockets at Dahieh and the Bekaa Valley," Yaalon said Thursday in reference to recent attacks on Hizbullah's strongholds.

He said that the same elements were behind recent rocket attacks on northern Israel in August.

They intended to elicit an Israeli response against Hizbullah, Yaalon said. But stressed that the Shiite party was quick to deny it was involved in the attacks.

He claimed Iran poses the greatest threat to Israel by arming proxies such as Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas.

"We are certainly talking about a regime with ambitions of world hegemony, and therefore we say that an unconventional regime such as this … must absolutely not have unconventional weapons, in this case nuclear weapons," Yaalon said.

Meanwhile, Maj.-Gen. Noam Tibon, the commander of the Israeli Army's Northern Corps, said elite Hizbullah fighters are leading the Syrian regime's battle against rebels in the country’s hotspots.

“We must understand that this is not a war in Syria where Syrians are fighting against Syrians anymore,” Tibon said at The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Herzliya.

Hizbullah is the “elite force today fighting against the rebels in Syria,” he said.

The party is “fighting in the most dangerous and tough areas in Syria and actually leading the struggle,” he added.

Locally, Hizbullah is fighting a sectarian war in Lebanon and preparing for a possible conflict with Israel, Tibon warned.

Hizbullah has more than 100,000 rockets aimed at Israel, which represents a new kind of terrorism facing the Jewish state, he said.

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Thumb geha 25 October 2013, 07:55

Israel and hizbushaitan need each other to survive, but that is going to be the case for ever.
civil war is upon us forced by iran extremists who are controlling our country.
hizbushaitan should have learned the lessons of the past: no one can control Lebanon on his own, and if they think that fpm Christian followers will accept their hegemony through civil war, then they are up for a surprise.
under threat Christians unite against the aggressor.

Thumb general_puppet 25 October 2013, 08:47

The Three Stooges are going to love this article.... they were running amok yesterday.

All Hail the Glorious Militia, their Brave leader in hiding Nasrallah and their courageous Christian umbrella Aoun... Ok boys you take it from here, shake does pom-pons :-)

Missing -karim_m1-- 25 October 2013, 11:52

"We are certainly talking about a regime with ambitions of world hegemony..."

Medications. You forgot to take your medications.

Missing -karim_m1-- 25 October 2013, 11:53

"Locally, Hizbullah is fighting a sectarian war in Lebanon and preparing for a possible conflict with Israel, Tibon warned."

Is it just me, or have Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Geagea bin Jassem bin Khalifa said the exact same thing within days of each other?

Thumb king.of.kings 25 October 2013, 11:57

Tibon and Yaalon i feel like im watching some cartoons lol !

Thumb _mowaten_ 25 October 2013, 12:03

rofl

Missing phillipo 25 October 2013, 13:04

In the last few years has there been trouble on the Lebanese border with
1. Israel - virtually nothing
2. Syria - Shooting across the border almost every day.
So who is Lebanons' biggest enemy?

Missing phillipo 25 October 2013, 15:40

Sorry to disappoint you, but I am neither pro-this or pro-that. I look in from the outside and tell my feelings as I see them.
And what do I see? Nothing in the press of shooting across the Lebanon-Israel border, almost daily shooting across the Syria-Lebanon border. So either the press doesn't tell the whole story, or that I said previously is the way it is shown throughout the world.
In my 69 years on this earth, I have seen many border problems solved, changes and splits in countries all over Europe, and all solved by face to face negotiations. Millions of people left their previous homes to become citizens of a new state. Peace exists between all the countries. (The only exception being Kosovo.)
So why this can happen in the Middle East beats me. Finance, Agriculture, Water, Oil, Natural Gas and Trade should all be uniting factors to improve the standard of living in all the countries in the Middle East.

Missing phillipo 25 October 2013, 15:43

I think that the fact that there are more negative than positive responses speaks for itself.
I can assure you that if you were outside the region (and it makes no difference which region of the world we are talking about) and you read the papers, watched the news on Television and internet you would come to your own conclusions, maybe not in conjuction with the most of people in the region you are talking about.

Thumb primesuspect 25 October 2013, 18:20

Flamefoamer, we don't read Turkish.