The ceasefire between Hezbollah and the IDF that the Americans helped to broker was based on the belief that the Lebanese Army, if adequately funded by Washington, would be able to force Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon and made to pull back north of the Litani River. Then the Lebanese National Army would take control of all Lebanese territory from the Litani south to the border with Israel, and at the same time, the IDF would pull out of Lebanon altogether. But the Lebanese Army has been slow to move southward, leaving Hezbollah mostly in place, while its operatives have been hiding weapons that they hope to repossess at a later date when they reemerge south of the Litani to make war on the Jewish state. And now there is evidence of collaboration between officers in the Lebanese Army and Hezbollah. More on this dangerous development can be found here: “Lebanese army chief exposed for leaking secrets to Hezbollah during ceasefire,” by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2025:
A Lebanese army chief leaked military secrets to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group during the ceasefire period with Israel, Britain’s The Times reported citing intelligence sources, and the Jerusalem Post independently confirmed.
The head of military intelligence for southern Lebanon, Suhil Bahij Gharb, reportedly handed Hezbollah classified and sensitive information while in a room run by the US, France, and the UN interim force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), a source claimed….
Did no one in that room notice this handover by the Lebanese Army intelligence official of classified documents to a Hezbollah operative? Were the American, French, and UNIFIL forces present, or did they only “run the room” where the various parties, including Hezbollah, could meet with one another?
Gharb, according to a report seen by The Times, is only one of dozens of military officials who have allegedly leaked information to Hezbollah. His presence in the security room was reportedly prompted by senior Hezbollah commander Wafiq Safa, who insisted on his presence.
The information granted to Hezbollah has reportedly given them advance notice of Israeli searches – allowing the terrorists to relocate personnel and weapons.
The intelligence document stated, “Hezbollah uses internal, sensitive information regarding the Lebanese army to hide its actions from the international entities in charge of regional security.”
“The fact that the top echelon of the military maintains close ties with the US does not prevent co-operation between army officers, even on an individual basis, with Hezbollah,” Hilal Khashan, a professor of political science at the American University of Beirut, told the British paper. “Hezbollah’s survival hinges not on maintaining a military presence in the south but preserving the gains accrued to it in the Lebanese political system during the past three decades. Hezbollah’s operatives in the south Litani are local Shia residents, and I do not think Israel can force relocating them to the north [of the] Litani.”…
This is an admission that Hezbollah cannot be uprooted from the area south of the Litani River. It is too deeply embedded in the warp and woof of the Shi’a villages; many of those villagers are in fact Hezbollah operatives, ready at any moment, if given the word, to take part in attacks on northern Israel. They are thus akin to army reservists.
The withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon in 2006 was supposed to be accompanied by a similar move by Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon that never occurred.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701 not only called for a withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon — save for the 10,000 UNIFIL troops who were supposed to monitor the peace in southern Lebanon — but required all groups in Lebanon other than the Lebanese Army, to completely disarm. This was aimed primarily at Hezbollah. And for nearly twenty years, Hezbollah has refused to disarm.
What does this transfer of secret information, including that about the IDF’s planned operations to uncover Hezbollah hideouts, by a member of the Lebanese Army to a Hezbollah official, mean? It means that the Lebanese National Army has in its upper ranks sympathizers with Hezbollah, and the IDF must make clear that, given this infiltration, it will have to remain in southern Lebanon because the Lebanese Army cannot be trusted to remove what remains of Hezbollah.
Billy says
NEVER. No Muslims should EVER be TRUSTED because Islam is a totalitarian, terrorist system of deceit, discrimination, and violence against Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran. Plus, Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION against Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL RELIGION UNDER WESTERN LAWS(Quran 2:216; 4:95; 8:12,39,74; 9:5,29,41,49, 21:921; 88,111,123;21:92; 49:15 and more). More specifically, Islam is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Criminal Enterprise of continuous war, discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, propaganda, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran. Fundamentally, Islam funds, teaches, and promotes a Terrorist Criminal Organization with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah. The FRUIT of Islam is incessant WAR, terrorism, discrimination, malice, and violence against all Non-Muslims; this FACT must be taught and broadcast to the general public to prohibit Islam, its Mosques, and its Schools. Also, Islam is an Antichrist System terrorizing Israel, Christians, and Non-Muslims. Plus, there is NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW in Islam or in Islamic Law(Quran 98:6-7; 9:29 and more). In Sahih Bukhari(V6,B60,N80), Abu Huraira narrates, “‘You(Muslims) are the best of peoples ever raised for mankind.’ means, the best of peoples for the people, as you bring them[Non-Muslims] with chains on their necks till they embrace Islam[see Quran 3:110].” See also Quran 3:22,151; 69:30-32; 98:6.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous, Muslim war against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam when Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and publicly declared to be MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 9:5,29,111 and more).
Western Muslims seek to ensure Islam’s legitimacy against Non-Muslim societies, to impose Islamic Law in Western Legal Systems, and to advance Islam’s totalitarian goals to conquer the West. Consequently, Islam promotes a limitless, terroristic, Muslim war against unbelievers when Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
rick says
Obviously No.
The Lebanese army can barely contain Palestinians from their UNRWA camps.
Their motto seems to be: Nothing Is Worth Dying For, Especially Lebanon.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Not just that, unlike in the ’80s, when Christians were united against the muslims, today a huge segment of them supports Hizbullah. Israel may have wrecked havoc on the shi’a and Hizbullah, but the pro-Hizbullah Christians remain intact
Once this ceasefire term ends, the Israelis should resume emptying the area south of the Litani river, including Tyre, and getting either their own forces, or an allied force to fill in. Unfortunately, trust is low given how the South Lebanon Army was betrayed in 2000, so finding a proxy will take some doing
Thinker1 says
Is this the Jihad Bee? Humor or satire? I cannot tell them apart.
somehistory says
On a recent news feed, there was an account of one of the members of lebanons’s army giving intel about Israel to hezbollah.
Without reading anything more, it was obvious to me that this question had already been answered.
Now those same words here….showing what had been reported last week is true. So , no they cannot be trusted.
JM says
Does the Lebanese army suffer from Copenhagen syndrome? It is a spiritual battle taking place in the material realm. I think they need to partner with Israel, not the murderess jihadists.
Wellington says
Short answer: No.
Taffy says
Before I read the article, the answer was “no.”
Reading the article did not change things.
England Invaded says
Yet another kid, this time 15 years old stabbed to death in a UK school.
A Catholic school, although given the demographic of many pupils in them, likely not be Catholic – they always get the best educations as well.
Don’t know the name of the perp yet, if anyone does, let me know please.