Threats to Israel: Hezbollah | AIPAC · Israeli security planners consider Hezbollah—a...
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Israeli security planners consider Hezbollah—a Lebanon-based, Iranian-backed terrorist organization—to be one of the most imminent threats facing Israel. Hezbollah uses the Lebanese population as human shields, hiding its weapons and terrorists within civilian infrastructure.
HEZBOLLAHTHREATS TO ISRAEL:
1983241 U.S. servicemen killed in Hezbollah bombing of the U.S. Marine base in Beirut
1992 29 people killed in Hezbollah bombing of Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994 85 people killed in Hezbollah bombing of Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires
1995 U.S. designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organization
1996 19 American servicemen killed in Hezbollah bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia
2006165 Israeli civilians and soldiers killed during war with Hezbollah in Lebanon
2016The Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organization
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Hezbollah has an estimated 150,000 rockets and missiles capable of striking anywhere in Israel
Hezbollah has 45,000 active and reserve fighters
Hezbollah has 6,000-8,000 fighters in Syria
Hezbollah is capable of launching 1,500 rockets per day into Israel I SR A EL
Hezbollah has dug tunnels to infiltrate and attack Israel
Hezbollah has converted as many as 240 Shiite villages in southern
Lebanon into fighting zones
JUNE 2017