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The Deterrent Relationship Between Israel and Hezbollah between 1982 and 2006

This study analyzes the mutual deterrent relationship between Israel and Hezbollah as it existed between 1982 and 2006. Its objective is to provide a better understanding of the State of Israel’s deterrent capabilities against terrorist and guerrilla organizations in general, and Hezbollah in particular.
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The Israeli security forces recently detained an Israeli Arab studying medicine in Germany, suspected of having been recruited by Hezbollah and of receiving large sums of money.

The incident shows that Hezbollah regards Israeli Arabs as attractive targets and exploits its overseas networks to them as agents.
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Strong criticism was heard in Lebanon following the celebrations marking the return of Hezbollah’s prisoners, notably Samir Kuntar.

Hezbollah was accused of seeking to establish a radical Islamic country of “resistance” (terrorism) in Lebanon, ruled by Iran and exposed to harsh retaliatory measures from Israel.
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Reactions to the prisoner exchange deal:

Syria, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority joined Hezbollah’s joyous propaganda campaign, strongly supported by the popular channel Al-Jazeera. On the other hand, the official government-controlled media of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabian played down the issue and in general refrained from praising Hezbollah
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Two years after the second Lebanon war the bodies of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser were exchanged for five Lebanese prisoners, including the terrorist murderer Samir Kuntar, and 199 terrorist remains.

Hezbollah exploited the exchange to produce a propaganda campaign aiming to strengthen its political position in Lebanon.
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Hezbollah conducted a military exercise in which its operatives stormed a hill representing an IDF outpost.

It is the first military exercise made public since the second Lebanon war, designed to deter Israel and Hezbollah’s opponents in Lebanon and to establish the concept of “resistance” among the Lebanese public.
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