Nasrallah vows 'surprises' on Al-Quds Day, 'Israel' goes on full alert

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen Net + Agencies
13 Apr 2023 23:42
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Israeli media say the occupation entity has never saw this kind of unprecedented threat where it has to fight on five fronts.

Palestinians pray on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha in Al-Aqsa Mosque on July 9, 2022. (Reuters)

The Israeli occupation is witnessing increased fear and frustration over the security events that might take place on International Al-Quds Day, Israeli media said on Thursday.

In attempts to prevent attacks by the Axis of Resistance, the Israeli army deployed Iron Dome batteries across the entity, especially in northern occupied Palestine next to the Lebanese and Syrian southern borders. The IOF also boosted the number of troops to the north over fears of rocket launches from Lebanon and Syria.

Or Heller, the military commentator on Israeli Channel 13, said, "The heightened alert [in the entity] is on the occasion of Al-Quds Day, and eyes are looking toward the north. This evening [Thursday], all Iron Dome batteries have been deployed, but now it seems that all of Israel is covered by Iron Dome batteries to prepare for confrontations and different scenarios."

Nasrallah promises surprises tomorrow

For his part, Zvi Yehezkeli, Arab affairs commentator on Channel 13, said the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, and the Ansar Allah movement are making maximum efforts to exert pressure.

Yehezkeli added that Iran launched the slogan of the "West Bank; the Shield of Al-Quds" on social media, and Sayyed Nasrallah also came to say that tomorrow will be the day of surprises. "This means that they are preparing for this day, but what drives them to do so?" he asked, making a reference to Sayyed Nasrallah's speech tomorrow on the occasion of International Al-Quds Day.

The commentator focused specifically on the speeches of Sayyed Nasrallah and Haniyeh during the "Al-Quds Podium" today - where leaders from the Axis of Resistance gave consecutive speeches commemorating International Al-Quds Day.

"They analyze what is happening in the Arab world, as there are now alliances between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the Arab world is witnessing a wave of reunifications," he said, adding that the Axis is stating that "this is the end of Israel."

International Al-Quds Day will be celebrated differently this year

Israeli media said that "the Axis of Resistance has a desire to link what is happening on the ground with Al-Quds Day," noting that "the developments taking place in the Middle East worry the [Israeli] security establishment and cannot be separated from what is happening in Israel."

On his part, the Arab affairs commentator on the Kan channel, Roi Kais, said, "There is no doubt that this year is being celebrated in an atmosphere different from the ones we are used to seeing, in light of what we have seen in recent days - a multi-front attack against Israel, from Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon."

There is no doubt that the Axis of Resistance has the desire to show the Arab and Islamic world that his way and method is the right path to defeat "Israel", he added.

Kais stressed that the processes of reconciliation and normalization between Saudi Arabia and Iran, on the one hand, and Saudi Arabia and Syria, on the other, cause concern for the Israeli security establishment, and it cannot be separated from what is happening in "Israel" on all levels.

Never happened before

A former senior Shin Bet official, told Israeli Kan news, "We are in a very tense situation, for the first time since the establishment of Israel."

He also added that for the first time, the occupation entity is being fought from five different fronts, something which has never happened before.

"Hamas incites from the Gaza Strip at unprecedented levels through social media and online networks, and it is always trying to activate operations during the month of Ramadan, and we, in return, are working firmly to thwart this."

The same fears were expressed by the Arab affairs commentator on Channel 13, Hezi Simantov.

"Yesterday, we heard Hezbollah officials saying that had it not been for the rocket launches [through the years], it would've been possible to defeat Israel."

An atmosphere of escalation

On his part, Roi Sharon, a military commentator on the Israeli channel Kan, said, "We are amid escalations" in the West Bank and heightened tensions in Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Sharon pointed out that when there are tensions in Al-Quds, "the repercussions of that could be the firing of missiles from Gaza or Lebanon, and we heard Saleh Al-Arouri talking with much pride about what we saw here in the last week and about the unity of the [Resistance] fronts, and he says that Al-Aqsa is the place that unites all Palestinians."

"Indeed, estimates from the security establishment say that what united Lebanon and Gaza is the Palestinian unity," he added.

Raised readiness

Amichai Stein, a political commentator on the Israeli Kan channel, said the occupation entity feels this year that the situation on the ground is escalating amid increased Iranian threats in recent days.

"We saw a series of incidents, firing from the north [Lebanon] and south [Gaza], and the escalation in the West Bank in an attempt to carry out operations... all of these events reinforce the possibility that Iran will carry out an operation," he claimed.

Stein pointed out that the Israeli occupation is more prepared and more cautious than in previous years.

The Israeli security establishment has its eyes on tomorrow

However, the military commentator on Channel 13, Or Heller, said, "The Jews will not go to the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa) at the end of Ramadan, with the aim of easing tensions as much as possible."

According to Heller, "The eyes of the security establishment are fixed on tomorrow, Friday, which also coincides with Al-Quds Day, and there is no doubt that the upcoming ten days until the end of the month of Ramadan will be very tense."