Israeli troops have ramped up their defences along the northern border due to concerns about a potential attack by ‘a 5,000-strong Hezbollah group’.
The unit, known as Radwan 125, has reportedly been trained to breach Israel’s security barriers, attack border guards, and invade northern Israel with the aim of causing harm and abducting hundreds of people.
Israeli intelligence experts suspect that the plan involves taking hostages back through Lebanon to their Iranian backers.
A disturbing video, released by the Israeli think tank Alma Research and Education Centre and published by The Mirror, shows the Radwan unit undergoing training to overrun Israel’s defences.
In the new video an Israeli voice-over on the Alma video warns: “Hezbollah has 5,000 trained and experienced fighters to carry out genocide in northern Israel.
“Seen here is Hezbollah’s operational map describing how they plan to conquer and erase communities in northern Israel. The Radwan unit’s main mission is to infiltrate into Israel and take over Galilee. A mass infiltration by land air and sea.”
Hezbollah allegedly conducted a simulated exercise planning a large-scale ground assault on northern Israel. Hundreds of Hezbollah militants participated in what they termed a military manoeuvre, according to the footage. The video also shows these fighters practicing attacks on a simulated border, aiming at targets resembling the “Star of David”.
The revelation came just before an unusual visit by US President Joe Biden to Israel, demonstrating support for the country in the wake of the recent Hamas attacks, which claimed the lives of 1,400 people.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been in Tel Aviv, engaged in extensive diplomatic efforts to ease tensions while backing Israel’s fight against Hamas.
Roughly 2,800 Palestinians have been reported killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza. Another 1,200 people are believed to be buried under the rubble, alive or dead, health authorities said.
Those numbers predate an explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital on Tuesday. No clear cause has been established for the blast yet.
