Attack plans ready: the next terrorist group is already waiting Hell in the Gaza Strip is back

Hamas terrorists appear to have preceded Hezbollah militias in their attack on Israel on October 7. The Iranian-backed terrorist organization is also said to have a ready-made attack plan on Israel in the drawer.

“The Radwan unit is fully trained and ready to launch an invasion into the Galilee at any time,” researchers from the Alma Research and Education Center told Israeli online edition Ynetnews. “Although the majority of Hezbollah’s elite forces have withdrawn from the border, there has been no change in Hezbollah’s overall preparedness.”

It is not a question of if Hezbollah will attack, but when, says Tal Beeri, who leads the center’s research and has monitored the organization for years. According to his information, the terrorist group in Lebanon was ready to attack, but then Hamas struck. The Palestinian terrorists borrowed Hezbollah’s plan to infiltrate across the border into Israel.

Videos show offensive drills

And they make no secret of their plans. A propaganda video shows Radwan fighters attacking a replica of an Israeli border position. The conquest of areas in northern Israel is one of the unit’s strategic objectives.

The depicted attack shows Hezbollah fighters armed with mortars, anti-tank missiles, kamikaze drones, sniper rifles and heavy machine guns. They are also equipped with more specialized equipment, such as an explosive charge in a minefield fired from a rocket-propelled grenade.

This sounds familiar. Hamas had also shown such training attacks in videos, but they apparently were not taken seriously. The first maneuvers showing the key actions of the October 7 attack took place in 2020. The large-scale exercises with other extremists have been repeated annually since then, most recently less than a month before the attack.

Hassan Nasrallah, head of Hezbollah, publicly called for resistance against Israel, but his commandos carry out only small attacks on the border. According to Tal Beeri, they don’t want to start a war because they didn’t start it themselves. However, an attack is not off the table and the northern border has weaknesses.

Well familiar with the terrain

Accordingly, Hezbollah has also spied on parts where it can penetrate Israel – similar to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “The mountainous terrain along the Lebanese border is more difficult to move than the flat terrain along the Gaza border, but it allows for more discreet mobility. Hezbollah knows the terrain well and knows how to find its way there,” according to a position paper available to YnetNews.

Radwan is believed to have about 2,500 fighters, about five percent of Hezbollah’s estimated total strength, Israeli broadcaster i24 reported. In 2017, Janes intelligence estimated the Lebanese group at around 25,000 full-time fighters and a similar number of reservists.

Because Israel expanded its troops on the border with Lebanon and Syria after the Hamas attack, a surprise attack makes no sense at the moment. Nevertheless, Hezbollah could carry out its plan “at any time” and invade Israeli territory.

The Israeli army is prepared for this. “The Northern Command is working tirelessly to protect the residents of the Northern Region,” a YnetNews spokesperson said. Most recently, she killed one in an attack on Abbas Muhammed Raad “Siraj”. It is said that he was one of the Radwan commanders.

IDF forces did not allow any approach to the border area and infrastructure renovated by Hezbollah was destroyed, the military said. In recent weeks, Israel has carried out several airstrikes in the border area, including Hezbollah positions. “In addition, any form of threat will be countered immediately.”

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