Emergency Briefing on current Lebanon Situation with Maj. Gen. Nadav Padan - September 29, 2024

Maj. Gen. (RES.) Nadav Padan provides a crucial update on Israel’s war with Hezbollah on the northern front, following the successful elimination of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Maj. Gen. Padan explains that while Nasrallah’s elimination warrants celebration, it is only one layer of the IDF’s multi-layered plan to take out Hezbollah. Padan praises operatives at all levels of this plan for doing a great job, making the right decisions, and executing the IDF’s plan successfully. The IDF has destroyed missile launching pads and missile caches throughout the south of Lebanon, which, in addition to the elimination of Nasrallah and his underlings, has placed a tremendous amount of pressure on Hezbollah. The temporary and permanent leadership is further pressured by the refugee situation that they aren’t equipped to handle. In Lebanon, there are roughly 1 million refugees, many of whom have migrated east to the Syrian border, while others have migrated north within Lebanon. Maj. Gen. Padan reminds us that what is most instrumental to the success of the war is the elimination of Hamas in Gaza. Hamas is being buoyed by the food, supplies and support from the US and NGOs, which Hamas steals from its citizens and resells to the public with the intention of using the money to fund more Hamas recruits.  Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs.