As Hezbollah threatens to open a second front against Israel, revisiting my 2013 trip to the border town of Metula, and the overview of the village built by Hezbollah as a launching point for invading Israel.There have been increasing exchanges of fire on Israel’s border with Lebanon, where Hezbollah has been firing at Israelis and Israel firing back. While several people have been killed on each side, it has not as of this writing broken our into a full war. That could change at any moment.
Expect also a land invasion by Hezbollah, which has been very openly touting its capabilities to grab and hold Israeli towns and territories. One such town which certainly will be attacked is Metula, which is a land peninsula surrounded on three sides by Lebanon. In 2013, I visited Metula, and was given a tour of a fake village Hezbollah had constructed as a launching point to attack Israel. I’m re-running that post, so when you hear in the news about Metula, you will have a better understanding:But along the way, we stopped at the Druze town of Mas’ade for lunch at the Nedal Restaurant. Here’s the view towards Mount Hermon We were able to see the border fence from just about all vantage points.
Because of the history of Hezbollah kidnappings and shootings along the border, and because the border surrounds Metula on three sides, it’s not uncommon to run into signs like this, declaring the area a closed military zone:just south of Metula. The area is heavily patrolled, and we were visited by Israeli soldiers in armored vehicles as we were returning to our car.by the Lebanese Army on Israeli observers watching the removal of trees beyond the border fence but within the U.N.
Then she pointed out that there were no windows on the houses and no sign of life . constructed by Hezbollah right up to the border. If and when another conflict breaks out, the supposed village will provide Hezbollah not only with firing positions, but many good photo-ops for a gullible media — look, the Zionist entity drove the people out and blew out all the windows!near the former Syrian village of Umm el Kanatir.