The peons at Hezbollah just can't get over that assassination of their #1 terror boy, Mughniyeh, back in 2008...and they have issued more threats that have caused Israel's IDF to take back up the security of its former IDF head, Gabi Ashkenazi.
From the report at The Jerusalem Post:
The IDF has decided to renew its security over former chief of staff Lt.-Gen (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi amid concerns that he could be targeted by Hezbollah ahead of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of the guerrilla group’s military commander.
Ashkenazi retired from the IDF in February and continued to be protected until about four months ago. Several weeks ago, however, the defense establishment decided to renew his security detail amid new intelligence indicating that the former chief of staff could be targeted by Hezbollah.
It would not be the first time that Hezbollah has tried to target Ashkenazi. In 2010, an Israeli-Arab from Tira was sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted of spying on Ashkenazi for Hezbollah.
Rawi Sultani followed Ashkenazi to the gym he worked out at in Kfar Saba and passed on information about the chief of staff’s security detail to his Hezbollah handlers.
Nothing got Hezbollah's goat more than that killing of Mughniyeh - I'm not sure anything could anger them as much even now other than the Israelis taking out Nasrallah himself at this point. So, it's pretty clear why the IDF is doing this to protect their own but in the meantime, I think the Israelis should concentrate just as much on phase two and three of these assassinations - start picking Hezbollah apart, slowly but surely.
Sooner or later, Hezbollah always makes mistakes out of emotion and anger...the key is to get them to that point.
Hezbollah threat prompts security for Ashkenazi
The IDF has decided to renew its security over former chief of staff Lt.-Gen (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi amid concerns that he could be targeted by Hezbollah ahead of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of the guerrilla group’s military commander.
Ashkenazi retired from the IDF in February and continued to be protected until about four months ago. Several weeks ago, however, the defense establishment decided to renew his security detail amid new intelligence indicating that the former chief of staff could be targeted by Hezbollah.
It would not be the first time that Hezbollah has tried to target Ashkenazi. In 2010, an Israeli-Arab from Tira was sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted of spying on Ashkenazi for Hezbollah.
Rawi Sultani followed Ashkenazi to the gym he worked out at in Kfar Saba and passed on information about the chief of staff’s security detail to his Hezbollah handlers.
Hezbollah is believed to be actively seeking revenge for the February 2008 assassination of its military commander Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus, which it attributes to Israel. Over the years, there have been reports of a number of plots that were thwarted to avenge the assassination including an attempt to bomb the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan.
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