The terror group successfully induced Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to release 400 security prisoners from Israel’s jails earlier this year and new reports point to increased Hizbullah activity on an international scale.
In a report Sunday, Haaretz cited American intelligence sources claiming that Hizbullah has transferred dozens of operatives over the past few months from its bases in Lebanon to Iraq, in order to fight US soldiers.
The report says the movement is a part of Iran’s involvement in Iraq, which is intended to stir-up the situation and disturb the American activity there. Hizbullah is supported both financially and politically by Iran, as well as Syria.
The transfer of the Hizbullah terrorists into Iraq is made possible through the cooperation of Syria, which allows their passage through Syrian territory, according to the American intelligence sources.
Though this signals a new front for Hizbullah, there are no signs that Iran, Syria and the complicit Lebanese government are planning on lowering the intensity along Lebanon's border with Israel, which is still considered to be Hizbullah's main staging point for attacks.
In fact, Hizbullah has targeted the western Galilee region with anti-aircraft fire in recent weeks – the latest attack taking place on Sunday. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Last week, a New York court handed down an indictment against Israeli citizen Tomer Greenberg, 30, for working together with an Arab Lebanese-born Canadian citizen to smuggle night-vision and other military equipment to Hizbullah in Lebanon. Greenberg was arrested by FBI agents in May along with Naji Antoine Abi Khalil after making a deal to ship a crate containing the goggles and other electronic equipment to a Hizbullah cell in Athens, Greece. They were to receive $5,000 for their efforts.
The US Congressional commission of inquiry into the 9/11 terror attacks concluded that there is extensive cooperation between Hizbullah and Al-Qaida.
In a report Sunday, Haaretz cited American intelligence sources claiming that Hizbullah has transferred dozens of operatives over the past few months from its bases in Lebanon to Iraq, in order to fight US soldiers.
The report says the movement is a part of Iran’s involvement in Iraq, which is intended to stir-up the situation and disturb the American activity there. Hizbullah is supported both financially and politically by Iran, as well as Syria.
The transfer of the Hizbullah terrorists into Iraq is made possible through the cooperation of Syria, which allows their passage through Syrian territory, according to the American intelligence sources.
Though this signals a new front for Hizbullah, there are no signs that Iran, Syria and the complicit Lebanese government are planning on lowering the intensity along Lebanon's border with Israel, which is still considered to be Hizbullah's main staging point for attacks.
In fact, Hizbullah has targeted the western Galilee region with anti-aircraft fire in recent weeks – the latest attack taking place on Sunday. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Last week, a New York court handed down an indictment against Israeli citizen Tomer Greenberg, 30, for working together with an Arab Lebanese-born Canadian citizen to smuggle night-vision and other military equipment to Hizbullah in Lebanon. Greenberg was arrested by FBI agents in May along with Naji Antoine Abi Khalil after making a deal to ship a crate containing the goggles and other electronic equipment to a Hizbullah cell in Athens, Greece. They were to receive $5,000 for their efforts.
The US Congressional commission of inquiry into the 9/11 terror attacks concluded that there is extensive cooperation between Hizbullah and Al-Qaida.