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tv   Documentary If Hezbollah Was Defeated 3  PRESSTV  February 18, 2024 3:02pm-3:31pm IRST

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what would have happened if hizbullah had been vanquished? that's perhaps the most significant and upsetting question about the 2006 war. much has been said about the 2006 war, about its motives, the behind the scenes and the circumstances around it, its planning and developments, its details and objectives as well as its outcome and the lessons learned from the war. also, much speculation has been made about what led to the war, when considering the situation in lebanon in the occupying zianist regime in palestine and in
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the region as well as the us role in the war. one of the main issues that needs a close look is what would have happened if the resistance in lebanon was defeated. speaking of a hypothetical defeat would not be possible without examining the history of arab defeats, just as one cannot hypothesize about hisbollah's defeat without taking into account the nature and identity of the supposed winner. there are two other of questions that have to be asked, one is how did israel overcome the arabs, and the other in is, how did hezbulah defeat israel? only then
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can one hypothesize about the consequences of hisbollah defeat in the 2006 war. "the world cup opening match was held between argentina and belgium. on that day, the lebanese capital, beirut was under attack by israeli fighter jets and tanks that had the city under siege.
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"the beirot siege happened during the world cup where two arab nations, kuwait and algeria were present, polemico del mondiale spagnolo, lo si ebbe quando la francia del consiglio di carlos, di vantaggio segnati da jangin, algeria beat germany in kuwait football federation.
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shock the world, that the world will react to landing of a mortar, building in the city, and the death of at least 75 innocent humans. we witnessed rallies in algeria, but we later realized that they were just cheering for algeria's victory against germany in the world. demonstrations were held across the arab world because they thought algeria's elimination from the world cup had been a fix, but no one took to the street for the occupation of the second arab capital after alrots.
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before the establishment of his lebanon had a seen several conflicts with israel. there were two kinds of wars: firstly, the partisan and army battles were national and palestinian resistance groups were involved, and secondly, the battle fought by the syrian army in the 1982 lebanon israel conflict. in 1982, israeli forces were double the combined number of troops syria and egypt had deployed in the october 1973 war. israel face two different forms of resistance, military and non-military in lebanon. but how did israel achieved victory against them? the natural elements of the lebanese battlefield and its complex geography with its heights and narrow passes through the mountains, lift israel no
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option but to employ new tactics. the strategy relied on heavy use of infantry and greater use of units than israel. dispatch for the 1973 war, but across a smaller area of only 70 km. israel used the maximum number of troops possible to take control of main crossways and sensitive points overlooking key towns and cities while taking hold of key geographical locations. to be able to reorganize its forces, israel wanted second portion of its troops to quickly advance towards beirot, while the first groups had resisted. forces in circle, the second group was to be supported by special forces who would provide them with their needed equipment deep in lebanese territory through marine or air transport methods. however, the israeli army faced the demographic factor, major geostrategic element in the war. they
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didn't have the needed experience to fight in urban and residential areas. classic armies naturally avoid entering populated areas. prevent troop casualties, since such areas are full of buildings that limit movement. the israeli forces were built upon heavy armored units supported by infantry, but tel aviv had not improved its infantry tactics, despite the fact that its troops had to fight face to face battles against popular resistance forces to be able to encircle them. the low number of israeli infantry units gave the lebanese and palestinian resistance group. the opportunity of free movement and of engaging israeli forces, though they failed to use the existing opportunity, the lebanese national resistance front and the palestinian resistance forces retreated as the classic israeli army advanced into lebanon, that was done in
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accordance with non-military principles without undermining their policy of confrontation. this is what chinese leader and one of the most significant gorilla war theorists. used to say, he said, escape when an army attacks you, confront it when it settles down, and follow it when it retreats. yes, arafat used his entire experience of gorilla wars. he had access to the experience of a full range of resistance movements, including those from russia and algeria as well as weapons from across the globe. the japanese also helped him along with their red army, german gorilla group, badermenof group
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and italy's red brigades. all of them sympathized with the palestinian issue as they had arab countries facilities at their disposal and even had interests in the arab oil industry. resistance staged the hard fought partisan battle since the very establishment of the zionist regime. the battle had a history of ups and downs, both in palestine and outside, including in jordan and lebanon. therefore, it was not a domestic gorilla war, and there is no partisan battle except that it gains victory. this is a historically recognized fact based on the experience of the wars of the past. on october. number sixth, the israeli army, equipped with large numbers of markava tanks, launched a pitch battle against lebanon. israeli forces began advancing along several axies with focus on the coastal areas. one of the most important classic battles of the 1982 war took place here in this place, where
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israeli and syrian armies engaged in the battle of sultan yaqub. during the battle, syrian army forces inflicted heavy... damage on israeli armored personnel carriers that stopped them from advancing. in just 5 days, the israelis managed to extend. their domination to two-thirds of lebanon, that was when they realized the road to beirot was all clear. they were finally within kilometers of the lebanese capital on june 9. on that day, lebanon witnessed one of the heaviest air battles in modern times.
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has always been part of syria's security margin for damascus, therefore syria has to keep its security presence at the bordertown to make up for lebanon's weak border security in the valley. if not, israelis could use the bahar area to enter lebanon, while military forces in bilad asham, greater syria, which is 30 kmter. could not defend the area, therefore syria had to set up its defenses from outside of bilad assam and deployed its sam6 anti-air defense system to lebanon to that end. the key issue here is that back in 1982, the israeli enemies wanted both to get rid of the palestinian liberation organization and prevent arabs especially syrians from repeating the victories they gained during the 1973 war. arabs could... israel's air superiority through creation of semi-active air defense system, providing
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more ease of movement to syrian and egyptian forces. the advantage cost israelis part of their air force and surprised them for a short period of time, providing the arab side the war with a sort of victory. in fact, all of that was an achievement of the air defense systems of egypt and syria, especially the latters, as syrian soldiers used the air defense system with ultimate skill. in june 1982 the israelis resorted to destroying missile systems in attempt to prevent limited successes of the arabs in the october war. after the destruction of the air defense systems, syrians deployed 100 aircraft. to counter the israelis air assaults. the israelis responded with ambushing the syrian
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fighter jets. one of such tactics was the use of f-16 aircraft able to tackle air to air missiles of syria's mic-23 fighter jets leading to the destruction of a large number of syrian jets, up to 36 of them. in 1982, the syrian army faced a large-scale attack that led to many deaths. they forced. syria out of southern beirout and the jabal area and beseeged syrian forces in beqa. they pushed the large syrian contingent out of southern beirut. the 85th brigade left beirut with its flag lowered due to a planned peace agreement. on the fifth day of the war, israel ended the battle with syria, setting the stage for talks. this was the climax of the israeli military doctrine's achievements. the doctrine proved to itself and to the world that it is effective. successful both against popular resistance movements and military tactics of classic armies as it
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overcame both classic and non-classic methods of battle on lebanese soil. palestinian resistance groups also did their best, including by volunteer operations, aircraft hijacking and domestic operations, but they led nowhere. only then did a man emerge before.
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hisbullah, the party of allah, they will be predominant, and only few years later, ritzak shamir told the world that hisbullah are only different sort of.
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leban shook the pillars of israel's security doctrine. the islamic resistance adopted a special method in the battle against the israeli forces, which were defeated neither by classic armies nor in non-military battles. hezbollah put up an unprecedented fight in the history of military science and overcame israelis. the victory had nothing to do with the geographic elements as the palestinian resistance battled israels in the
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same environment. it was not also because hezbollah was a lebanese movement, even the lebanese and their popular movements fought israel with the same weapons and on the same lands, but failed to defeat israel. it was not the territory that gave hezballah the upper hand, as palestinians engaged israels in the same territory, so did the lebanese. then what made the difference? tactic is the element that puts different forms of knowledge at the service of a battle. the more skillful and capable a commander, the fresher and more creative his military tactics would be. it means a capable commander's exceptional leadership and war plans are the results of defining the principles and rules of battle in a specific
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way. these two factors are in turn rooted in the commander's perception of the principles of war. and his detailed assessment of the facts on the ground in the battlefield. the rules of battle can be both firm and flexible. did hezbulat develop a special tactic during its years of resistance? is hisbollah now in possession of new technology they have adapted to the battlefield. in theory, tactic is the knowledge of capability. technologies and details, but in practice, tactic is the ability to create a link between creativity, flexibility and moderate decision making in the difficult conditions of the battlefield against a shrewed enemy coupled with the commanders understanding of the human nature and the impact of the war on his soldiers. therefore, when we say resistance shattered the enemy on
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the battlefield, it means the enemy was defeated on the three tactical, practical, that was what led to the shattering of the enemy's national security doctrine. over the years, hisbollah has been fighting israel, the resistance developed a military concept of its own. therefore, what it laid out in southern lebanon was different from its entire experience of the past. what we saw in the year 2000 was that enemy soldiers, its special forces and officers, as well as their whole military establishment were present in lebanon. however, none of them could give the slightest response to the operation by the resistance, which demonstrates any operation planned by the movement leads to victory, and nothing can be done to counter or stop it.
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this was the conclusion that led the enemy to retreat. israel was twice taken by surprise by hezbollah, first by hisbullah's preparedness for war, and second by its realization that what it accomplished in the past and the powerful means it used to make those accomplishments were no longer effective against such a... prepared opponent.
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the july battle was different from all the past battles israel had thought since its establishment, military history proved the superiority of hezbollah over israel's. military doctrine, which had earlier proved itself effective against the arab's both classic and non-classic warfare. israel faced a new form of resistance which was fledging back in 1982 and hit its climax in july 2006.
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some say the enemy was on the defensive before the year 2000, however, if we assume that invasion is the key decisive advantages a war, it was israel that had the advantage in 2006, as it was israel that made the assault. we witnessed. terrible scenes during the war, the enemy's performance was extremely poor, researchers said the poor performance was rooted in israel's failure to balance its forces and its reservists, as
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well as numerous other problems that made the true reasons behind israel's failure, but the real reason for its defeat was the performance of enemies, soldiers and officers. israel's military doctrine failed both in strategic and practical terms, while the failure was also visible in the different. on the battlefield, but the more significant issue was the resistance movement superiority to israel in terms of its military doctrine, theory of the battle and all strategic, practical and tactical dimensions. this is my land and my country. it is not
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only the 1948 or 1967 borders from the sea to the river. i am not ready to let go of a centimeter. israel is here like any for by the support of the europe by the support of the united states. "that's why they separate the land, well i was at the babo sham's protest last week and i myself had a my head banged against a bus by soldier illegally on illegal stolen land and they are arresting us the palestinians" this is historical palestine. israel was shaped by the flames of
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