Hezbollah Threatens Precision Rockets at Haifa on Yom Kippur - Video

"The upcoming Yom Kippur will be the first with alarms in Israel since 1973; we will use precision missiles."

Haifa in the crosshairs: in an overt threat echoing the near-catastrophic attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria in the Yom Kippur War, Hezbollah has released a nearly seven-minute-long UAV drone video showing areas they plan to target with precision munitions on Yom Kippur (source: Haifa-area news website).

An integral part of the Iranian-backed terror proxy's psychological warfare campaign against Israelis for the last year has been the regular publication of high-quality, low-altitude surveillance UAV footage showing areas across the north, including sensitive IDF and military industry, and strategic sites, along with “soft” civilian targets.

Among the aerial shots are overflights of major non—military targets, including the University of Haifa, the Carmel Tunnels, and petrochemical and other volatile chemical industries and facilities along Haifa Bay.

In addition to the video, today the terrorist organization Hezbollah issued a threat, according to which: "The upcoming Yom Kippur will be the first with alarms in Israel since 1973; we will use precision missiles."

The bellicose threats and high-production-value clips are a well-practiced part of their long-term attempts to demoralize Israeli citizens. Most of the Israeli media, besides the Haifa coverage due to their proximity, are minimizing or ignoring the threat, not wanting to be exploited to further enemy war aims.

I'm posting it as a straight-up news item, and one aimed at a mainly foreign audience; over here, we're yawning and are familiar with and unaffected by their techniques - don't let them get to you, either.

Previous clips released several months ago, showed similar IDF, Air Force, and military industry targets across the Galilee and Golan.

The Alma Research Center reported that, in July, “Hezbollah released another video, which is part of a series of videos taken by UAVs over several locations in Israel. This video focuses on the Ramat David Air Force base in the Jezreel Valley…”

In 2023, the Institute for National Securities Studies wrote that “according to one estimate based on open publications, Hezbollah has about 40,000 Grad type rockets with a short range of 15-20 km, about 80,000 Fajr 3 and 5, Khyber, or Ra'ad 2 and 3 medium-long range rockets – up to 100 km, and about 30,000 rockets and long-range Zelzal or Fatah 110 (M600) missiles – to 200-300 km. The organization also received a limited number of Scud C and D missiles from Syria with a range of 700 km. Several hundred Fatah 110 projectiles, which carry about 500 kg of explosives, are equipped with precise GPS-based navigation mechanisms and have considerable accuracy and destructive potential.”

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