In an unusual move Tuesday, the Israeli military tweeted the coordinates to Hezbollah's missile stockpiles in Beirut, and released further information on two other sites the Shiite terrorist group uses as part of its weapon production efforts.
The revelation following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's video address to the annual United Nations General Assembly, during which he showed maps of Hezbollah missile depots' location.
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According to Israeli intelligence, one of the stockpiles is located shockingly close to a gas station and residential housing. Netanyahu urged the Lebanese people to protect themselves and avoid the threat of another devastating explosion, the like of which decimated the Port of Beirut on Aug. 4.
The massive blast left at least 200 deaths, 6,500 injured and rendered an estimated 300,000 people homeless. It also caused upward of $10 billion in property damage.
Taking to social media, the IDF said it hoped "journalists get there before Nasrallah's moving trucks do."
Here are the coordinates to put in your Waze. Let's hope the journalists get there before Nasrallah's moving trucks do:
📍33.854951N, 35.486802E
And two bonus sites to check out afterward 😉
📍33.832307N, 35.513772E
📍33.815185N, 35.510432E
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 29, 2020
"This is not the first time we've exposed Hezbollah's precision-guided missile (PGM) manufacturing sites in the heart of Beirut. But the international community can help make this the last time.
"It's time for the world to stand up against the use of human shields by Hezbollah," the Israeli military's tweet read.
Israeli military intelligence placed one of Hezbollah's PGM sites under four, seven-story resident buildings housing about 70 families at the heart of the Lebanese capital.
The depot is also about 130 meters (yards) from a church and a hospital.
The second site lurks under a residential complex housing about 50 families, located less that 100 meters from a mosque,
Israel maintains that Iran, Hezbollah's patron, is the one fueling its precision-guided missile development scheme.
Israel foils most of Iran's attempts to deliver weapons and PGM components to Hezbollah via Syria, and the two seek to circumvent that "interruption" by establishing local PGM production lines.
"Releasing information about these sites seeks to call on the Lebanese government, with the support of the international community, to intervene in what is happening in the country, and at the same time ot allow the Lebanese people to defend themselves against the dangers of allowing Hezbollah, which does Iran's bidding, to increase its hold on their country," the IDF said in a statement.
"Israel and the IDF monitor these sites through various means and have a great deal of information about the precision guided missile project. We will continue to meet this [project] with broad operational response, using various methods and tools."
In a series of tweets last week, the IDF said, "No military should have to write a thread like this, but we can't stand idly by when there are important questions that must be asked: Last week, a Hezbollah arms depot exploded in the middle of a neighborhood in southern Lebanon ...but why was it there in the first place?"
1/ No military should have to write a thread like this, but we can't stand idly by when there are important questions that must be asked:
Last week, a Hezbollah arms depot exploded in the middle of a neighborhood in southern Lebanon
...but why was it there in the first place? pic.twitter.com/uxZCCQv9er
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 26, 2020
"Hezbollah's strategy is to hide their weapons inside civilian neighborhoods. Why? So that if things were to escalate with Israel, Israel would have no choice but to target civilian areas.
"Why does Hezbollah want Israel to target civilian areas? Because then there would be international outrage at the fact that Israel has targeted civilians.
"Dear world, international outrage should begin now. Hezbollah should not be storing weapons in civilian areas and risking the lives of the Lebanese people. Humans should not serve as shields for weapons.
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