Hizballah

debkafile refutes claims that Lebanon's pro-Syrian bloc has suspended its street offensive to topple the Siniora government

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 24, 2007, 1:43 PM (GMT+02:00)

debkafile refutes claims that Lebanon's pro-Syrian bloc has suspended its street offensive to topple the Siniora government

Hizballah Brings out Iranian Silkworm to Hit Israel Navy Corvette

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 15, 2006, 1:37 PM (GMT+02:00)

The disaster that overtook one of the Israeli Navy's state of the art warships, Ahi-Hanit, was thoroughly planned in advance by an enemy which managed to take Israel's military commanders by surprise. It has shocked Israel's military to a degree comparable to the profound effect on US ...

Khamenei Spoke of Jeopardizing Oil Shipments - Not a Blockade

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 5, 2006, 8:27 PM (GMT+02:00)

In his most explicit threat yet, Iran's supreme ruler, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared Sunday: "If you make any mistake, definitely shipment of energy from this region will be seriously jeopardized. You have to know this." He added, addressing the West: "You will never be able to protect the energy ...

Chancellor Merkel Shakes up German Intelligence, Bids for Middle East Foothold

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 20, 2005, 7:09 PM (GMT+02:00)

Ernst Uhrlau, Angela Merkel's new head of the BND, Germany's foreign intelligence service, is revealed by debkafile's counter-terror sources as the man behind Berlin's secret decision to trade German archeologist Susanne Osthoff kidnapped in Iraq on Nov. 25 for the jailed Hizballah terrorist wanted in ...

Nasrallah's Kidnap Plan Boomerangs

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 22, 2005, 3:29 PM (GMT+02:00)

This was the first time the Hizballah had sent a specially-trained motorbike commando unit into action. Its mission was to kidnap Israeli soldiers and bring them to Beirut for a macabre display in Lebanon's Independence Day ceremonies Tuesday, Nov. 22. This was to be an act of defiance against ...

More Terror Expected from Iran-Backed Hizballah Bid for Control of Gaza Strip

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 31, 2004, 7:15 PM (GMT+02:00)

Hamas-Hebron claimed responsibility for the double suicide attack Tuesday, August 31, on two crowded Beersheba buses, which left 15 Israelis dead and up to 100 injured. The twin blasts hit passengers, passing vehicles and pedestrians on the busy main street of this southern Israeli town, the first such attack inside ...

Hizballah-Palestinian Chain of Terror Snapped, Unconventional Warfare Nears

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 26, 2004, 1:27 PM (GMT+02:00)

To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click <a href="http://www.debka.com/doc/weekly.php">HERE</a>. The super-confident Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hizballah was twice jolted out of its complacency this month and forced to accept that its innermost core had been penetrated and its eight-year old links with Palestinian terrorists laid bare. Word reaching Israel's intelligence sources is ...

Nasrallah Wants Gaza Settlements Overrun by One Million Hamas Marchers

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 20, 2004, 3:34 PM (GMT+02:00)

By late Monday, April 19, Israel prime minister Ariel Sharon had mustered the complete roster of Likud ministers behind his disengagement plan, driving roughshod over their resistance to evacuating Jewish settlements - 21 in the Gaza Strip and 4 in northern West Bank - in breach of the party platform. No prominent ...

Syria Meddles in Next Stage of Hizballah-Israel Trade

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report February 10, 2004, 2:26 PM (GMT+02:00)

Syrian president Bashar Assad's advisers tried hitching a ride on the second stage of the Hizballah-Israeli prisoner swap - the one requiring the handover of information on the long missing Israeli navigator Ron Arad. Assad's men went to work on Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi when he came to ...

Iran, Europe Are Part of Hizballah's POW Sting Operation

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 27, 2004, 2:37 PM (GMT+02:00)

The Israeli-Hizballah POW-abductees-DIA deal going into effect Thursday is even more lopsided than first reported, as discovered by debkafile's intelligence sources from unpublished elements of the accord. Tuesday, January 27, the Israeli government published the lists of prisoners to be released two days hence for the bodies of ...

Prisoner Swap Still up in the Air: Key in Tehran

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 26, 2004, 3:12 PM (GMT+02:00)

The original date of publication for prisoner swap between the Hizballah and Israel was Friday, January 30, after it had begun - or even the next day, post factum, according to debkafile's Middle East sources. However, Israeli's POW negotiator Brig. (ret) Ilan Biran warned the German mediator, Ernest ...

Israel-Hizballah Prisoner Swap Goes Through

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 24, 2004, 1:33 AM (GMT+02:00)

The announcement Saturday, January 24, only marked the end of Part One of the agonizing, frequently-stalled negotiations for the exchange of prisoners, abductees and bodies between Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah. The tireless German mediator, Ernest Uhrlau, said he had every reason to hope that the second part ...

Al Qaeda-Hizballah Terror Team Hit Galilee

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 13, 2002, 9:50 AM (GMT+02:00)

The terror attack Tuesday, March 12, in which six Israelis were killed and seven injured on the Matsuba-Kabri highway of W. Galilee had all the hallmarks of a military-guerrilla action. debkafile's military and intelligence sources report it was a combined operation by al Qaeda militants, newly based in ...