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Lebanese Army thwarts Israeli aggression

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, August 4, IRNA -- The Lebanese Army on Tuesday thwarted Israeli aggression, a new record of victory for the past four years after Israel suffered a humiliating setback from Hezbollah in 2006.

The Zionist regime perpetrated the aggression on Lebanon on Tuesday which led to fighting with the Lebanese army.

Israeli spokesman said that Tel Aviv was shocked by the Lebanese reaction.

“It is because the Zionist regime used to see no reaction to its aggression on Lebanon in the air, at sea and on ground so far,” a university teacher specialist in the Middle East said.

“The Israeli army was dealt a great blow by Hezbollah of Lebanon in 2006 during 33-day fighting and the western governments who were introducing Israel as invincible were disappointed.”

The Lebanese army, which lacks combat hardware dealt a blow to Israel at Adeisseh border point on Tuesday, indicated high morale to defend their country.

Israel ventured into the aggression to escalate tension with Hezbollah. But, the Lebanese army managed to respond to the occupying regime without seeking support from Hezbollah.

Hezbollah stayed away with full alert and extended spiritual support for commanders of the Lebanese army.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrullah on Tuesday night expressed full support for the Lebanese army and said that Hezbollah is ready to assist the army to repulse Israeli troops.

But, the high morale of the Lebanese army made the Israeli army to retreat as it did in 2006 and during the aggression on Gaza on December 27, 2008-January 18, 2009.

Observers say that the Israeli aggression on Lebanon is in the context of a series of attempts made by Washington and the Saudi Arabia to undermine Hezbollah of Lebanon.

They say that Saudi King Abdullah visited Lebanon last week too get concession from Hezbollah in return for suspending the judicial case about Rafik Hariri’s assassination of which several Hezbollah supporters are accused.

Nasrullah called for bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination and said that the key for the terrorist assassination of Hariri is in Tel Aviv.

End News / IRNA / News Code 1263350