Following the simultaneous explosion of pagers on Tuesday, September 17, which left at least twelve dead and several thousand injured in Lebanon and Syria, it is a priori Hezbollah walkie-talkies exploded Wednesday, September 18 in several cities in Lebanon, including the suburbs of Beirut where funerals were taking place for members of Hezbollah killed the day before. At least nine people died and more than 300 were injured, according to a report from the Ministry of Health.
Invited to react on RTL, political scientist Antoine Basbous, director of the Observatory of Arab Countries, estimated that “Hezbollah is behind and in a weak position“. “All Hezbollah cadres are injured, blinded or in dire need. This completely decapitates the Hezbollah general staff.“, emphasizes the political scientist.
“Hezbollah is now cornered. Or, it retaliates and has the means to hit vital centers in Israel and strategic infrastructure, but it no longer dares to do so because it knows that its very existence will be at stake and he does not want to lose precious Lebanon which it controls and occupies on behalf of Iran,” also judges Antoine Basbous. “Hezbollah speaks loudly to save face and keep up the morale of its troops, who are no longer fooled. They no longer touch any electronic objects and are afraid of everything.” he insists.
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