Dozens of missiles were launched into the Western Galilee from Lebanon.
April 6, 2023 (according to Article 27A of the Copyright Law)
Officials in the defense system pointed to a fundamental disagreement between the IDF Intelligence Division and the Mossad, regarding the evaluation of the policy of the "Axis of Resistance" led by Iran and Hezbollah vis-à-vis Israel. According to information obtained by Walla! and published this morning (Sunday), the two bodies were and remain divided about involvement Hezbollah in the rocket launches towards Israel a few weeks ago during Passover.
While the IDF's intelligence wing, led by Major General Aharon Haliva, insisted that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah did not know about the rocket barrages allegedly launched by Palestinian terrorist groups, the Mossad claimed the opposite.
In the end, Defense Minister Yoav Galant adopted the AMN assessment and the Mossad assessment on the subject - was rejected.
In this context, security officials who spoke with Walla!
They warned that the "Axis of Resistance", which includes Iran, Hezbollah, the Assad regime, Hamas and others, is working to establish a "network" of advanced Iranian-made radar systems in the area, which will constitute a warning infrastructure against a future attack by the Israeli Air Force in Iran, but also It will be difficult for the air force to carry out attacks in Syria.
The damage of the rocket launches to the Western Galilee, April 6 (photo: documentation on social networks according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law)
On the public level, the security establishment preferred to separate Hezbollah from the incident and claimed that Palestinian terrorist squads launched the rockets, without involving or informing Hezbollah.
About a week after the attack in question, the "Wall Street Journal" reported that the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Ismail Kaani, held a series of secret meetings with the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, in order to coordinate with them the attack The rockets from Lebanon to Israel, which happened during Passover.
According to the report, the details of the rocket barrage from Lebanon, which Israel attributed specifically to Hamas, were agreed upon in meetings held by Kaani at the end of March in Beirut with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his deputy - Saleh al-Aaruri.
According to the same sources who spoke to the newspaper, Kaani told his interlocutors that Iran had obtained information about Israel's plans to act against the members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in Syria and Lebanon, and therefore - they must act quickly.
Kaani also emphasized to them that Iran would provide them with the "necessary tools" for an attack against Israel.
As noted in the Wall Street Journal, it was important to the commander of the Quds Force that the attack be carried out quickly as a response to the death of the two Iranian officers, Milad Haidri and Makdad Mehkani, during an attack attributed to Israel in Syria at the end of March.
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On the holiday, amid the tensions: missile barrages were launched from Lebanon to the Western Galilee, five hits were detected
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Gallant adopted the AMN assessment. Quds Force Commander Qaani (Photo: Reuters)
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Even earlier, Nasrallah claimed that Israel's response to the rocket attacks from southern Lebanon was "poor", and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lied when he claimed that targets of his organization and of Hamas were attacked in response.
According to him, which was said in a speech he gave on the occasion of "Al-Quds Day", Israel attacked "banana plantations" and open areas in Lebanon - due to the "balance of deterrence" between the parties.
This was Nasrallah's first reference to the heavy fire that was launched towards the northern settlements during Passover, and according to him this is a "big and significant event" in light of the situation prevailing on the border since the Second Lebanon War.
"Israel's attempt to isolate any arena is a dangerous game. Its stupid steps and actions in Gaza, Jerusalem, Syria and Lebanon could lead to a major war," Nasrallah threatened.
On April 6, it will be mentioned, 34 rockets were launched from the territory of Lebanon towards the Western Galilee.
Alarms were sounded throughout the region, first in the area of the settlements of Shlomi and Betz and later all over the Western Galilee and Nahariya.
25 of the rockets were intercepted by Iron Dome, and five fell in the field and caused damage to buildings.
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