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'Israel' wasted $120mln on 'preemptive attack' against Hezbollah

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Globes
  • 26 Aug 2024 10:19
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The total cost of the sham preemptive attack "Israel" claims it launched against Hezbollah amounts to over a million dollars in wasted expenditure.

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  • Hezbollah fighters stand next to multiple rocket launchers during a training exercise in southern Lebanon, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP)
    Hezbollah fighters stand next to multiple rocket launchers during a training exercise in southern Lebanon, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP)

The "preemptive attack' "Israel" falsely claimed it directed against Hezbollah's rocket and drone launchers cost 120 million dollars, a senior Israeli defense industry source told Globes. 

On Sunday morning, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah initiated its initial retaliation for the Israeli assassination of its senior military commander, Martyr Fouad Shokor. Hezbollah attacked numerous Israeli military and vital targets, going as far as the Glilot base, located some 1.5 km from Tel Aviv. 

The Israeli occupation rushed to launder its already tarnished image with a fabricated preemptive attack, claiming that "thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers were struck simultaneously by some 100 IAF fighter jets in the preemptive attacks." 

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Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed that "the enemy's claims about bombing strategic and precise missiles that were prepared to target Tel Aviv are sheer lies," noting that the Resistance, with a clear and precise strategy, had no intention of using such weapons.

The Israeli military claimed that the attack consisted of 4,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs, each costing $25,000, 100 aircraft operating for six hours totaling at least $18 million, and drone operations for 12 hours estimated at $1.08 million. This brings the total cost to almost $120 million, excluding the cost of reserve duty compensation. 

While "Israel" claims it saved defense expenses by allegedly outmaneuvering the Islamic Resistance rather than exhausting its air defense system, the fact is that it wasted 120 million dollars on a sham attack, as Hezbollah's operation achieved its targets successfully, as affirmed by the group's Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

In comparison, when Iran launched Operation True Promise on April 14, targeting occupied territories with hundreds of millies and drones, "Israel" claimed it employed Iron Dome interceptors [$30,000 per interception], David's Sling [$70,000 per interception], and the advanced Arrow missile family interception system [between $1.5-2 million]. 

The occupation also relied on the help of 10 countries to intercept Iran's attack, according to the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and still failed, potentially collectively costing them hundreds of millions on failed deterrence.

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