“A picture is worth a thousand words” the old adage read, apparently still alive and well as Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon showed an aerial photo of a S. Lebanon village to highlight the existential threat facing Israel from Hizbullah.

Showing the surveillance photo of the village of Shaqra, Danon explained that this and other villages in southern Lebanon are used as bases by Hizbullah. His comments coincided with the 10th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War which end in the summer of 2006 after both sides accepted UN Resolution 1701, resulting in a ceasefire.

Danon explained how Hizbullah has been working to advance itself militarily and today, it possesses 120,000 missiles capable of reaching Israel while during the war a decade ago, it only had 7,000. He warns these very missiles are pointed at population centers throughout Israel. The ambassador added that Hizbullah has more missiles stored underground than all NATO nations have above ground combined.

As is the case in Hamas-controlled Gaza, Hizbullah in Lebanon places it weaponry and operational bases in proximity to schools and public buildings, using civilians to shield its fighters. Danon called on the Security Council to once and for address Hizbullah as the terrorist entity it is and act to remove it from S. Lebanon.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)