Israel Matzav

How Hezbullah uses Lebanese villages as military bases

The IDF shows through declassified intelligence maps, as well as through a 3D animated clip how Hezbollah, in the four years since the Second Lebanon War, has turned over 100 villages in South Lebanon into military bases. These maps and the 3D clip illustrate how Hezbollah stores their weapons near schools, hospitals, and residential buildings in the village of al-Khiam. They follow similar tactics in villages across southern Lebanon, essentially using the residents as human shields, in gross violation of UN Resolution 1701 and the Fourth Geneva Convention. Al-Khiam was used as a rocket launching site during the Second Lebanon war.

During the Second Lebanon war, Hezbollah stored most of their weapons in open areas, which enabled the IDF to locate and destroy their stores. In the four years since then, Hezbollah has pursued a tactic of moving their weapons into civilian villages, essentially institutionalizing the tactic of using human shields on a large scale.

Let's go to the videotape (there's apparently no sound on this one).



Much more here.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:23 AM