Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah is using the advanced missile Almas against Israel. The special thing is that Hezbollah has prepared this missile by reverse engineering Israel’s anti-tank missile Spike. According to the New York Times, Hezbollah seized Israel’s Spike missile in 2006 and sent it to Iran for reverse engineering. Iran reverse engineered these missiles and prepared the Almas missile and handed it over to Hezbollah. Now, 18 years later, Hezbollah is targeting Israel’s military bases, communication systems and air defense launchers with these newly made missiles. According to Israel, the Almas missile can accurately target any target up to 15 kilometers. To reduce its dependence on Iran, Hezbollah has now started the production of Almas missile in Lebanon itself. Hezbollah also has Russian missiles.
After the fighting started in Lebanon two months ago, the Israeli army has recovered a large stockpile of Hezbollah’s weapons. These include Almas missiles. The recovered weapons also include Russian Kornet anti-tank missiles. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Israeli army has found a large quantity of Russian weapons in South Lebanon. Almas poses a threat to Israel
Almas means diamond in Arabic and Persian. This guided missile can be fired from vehicles, drones, helicopters and by keeping it on the shoulder. It falls right on top of its target instead of hitting from the side. According to Israeli officials, Almas has posed a threat to the Israeli army and combat vehicles like tanks near the Lebanese border. There are three versions of Almas. Hezbollah is using the fourth version of the new generation. Israel’s air strike on Beirut
The series of continuous attacks and counter-attacks between Israel and Hezbollah continues. Israel carried out an air strike on Lebanon’s capital Beirut late last Saturday night. A residential building was targeted in this attack, in which 20 people died. According to Israeli officials, this attack was carried out to kill Mohammad Haider, a top commander of Hezbollah. However, according to the New York Times, Hezbollah said that none of its men were killed in the attack. Hezbollah issued a statement saying that none of its commanders were present at the place of attack. —————————– Read this news too… Hezbollah’s biggest attack on Israel, fired 250 missiles: Intelligence bases in Tel Aviv targeted Tensions have once again escalated amid reports of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. On Sunday, Hezbollah attacked Israel with more than 250 missiles and drones. This is the biggest attack in 13 months since 7 October 2023. For the first time, Hezbollah also targeted Israeli intelligence bases in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv. Read the full news…
