Hezbollah Militants Chafe as Gaza Burns

Franklin Lamb, in Counterpunch, here

"...Once again the Hezbollah shop that took care of Silver did a great job. The mechanics, mainly Hezbollah reservists with 'day jobs,' apply the same work ethic of thoroughness and skill to their bike work as they do defending Lebanon against Israeli attacks....

While Hussein is "not in Beirut." it's likely no one among his family or friends will hear from him. He may spend days or weeks in a tree along the Blue Line electronically eavesdropping on Israeli soldiers or recording their movements and habits or any one of hundreds of preparatory tasks. Hussein will return as if he just completed his day off but will answer no questions that begin with where, what, why, who, when, are, can, do, etc.......

These days the Lebanese Resistance, led by Hezbollah is on Full Red Alert and there is a palpable sense of foreboding in many Hezbollah supporting neighborhoods.....

The "Varsity Squad" of Hezbollah has so trained the "Junior Varsity Squad" that there is no need to intervene unless Hamas is on the verge of total elimination which appears very unlikely.....

Yet Hajj Radwan is said to have helped revamp Hamas' military command and replaced certain elements. One subject Mughinyeh is said to have stressed to Hamas during such meetings was the importance of "the communications network as a strategic weapon," which included Hamas keeping in direct battlefield contact with other Resistance groups fighting Israel, and advising Hamas on ways of fighting Israel using a number of different tactics and bases in locations in Syria, Lebanon and Iran, according to the authoritative Beirut daily Al Akbar.

Other lessons Mughinyeh offered Hamas, based on the lessons from 2006, included that each Hamas small unit of approximately five fighters should be fully equipped and must have a clear plan to fight Israeli soldiers and to wage a long war of attrition until Israel withdraws. Another included instruction on ways to stockpile weapons that would allow Hamas to have quick access to them even if Israel occupied many areas in the Gaza Strip..."