Hezbollah Prepares For War Against Israel

Look Who's Training: Hezbollah Prepares For War -- Christian Science Monitor

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has expanded its training camps in Lebanon, preparing for a future clash with Israel. The camps are visible to careful observers.

Under Israel's wary eye, Hezbollah has ramped up the scope of its military training in east and south Lebanon, another sign that the militant group is girding for a future confrontation with Israel, which it has blamed for the assassination of a senior commander in Lebanon.

The camps, which include firing ranges, assault courses and urban warfare sites, are training thousands of new recruits to the organization. They are clearly visible from the air, a reversal of tactics by an organization that for two decades had trained covertly in order to avoid detection by Israeli spy planes.

The construction of new camps, one of which covers over 7 square miles of rugged mountains, underlines the expansion of Hezbollah’s fighting force since 2006 when it last fought openly with Israel. That they are an open secret in Lebanon, and elsewhere in this volatile region, speaks to the group’s apparent confidence that Israel is not about to launch a frontal attack, such as air strikes, for fear of sparking a new war.

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My Comment: Israel is a dangerous foe but Hezbollah's main focus right now is on the Syrian civil war and on Sunni groups within Lebanon itself. The fall of Assad will be a major strategic defeat for Hezbollah .... and they know it.