‘Hezbollah planned its own October 7th’ – Israeli intel officer

‘Conquer the Galilee’ – Lebanese terror group plotted massive invasion of northern Israel, including capturing towns and raiding cities.

By World Israel News Staff

The Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah planned a massive, October 7^th-style invasion of northern Israel, which was only foiled by Israeli forces after Hamas’ own attacks on southwestern Israel last fall, an Israeli military intelligence officer said.

“Hezbollah has been planning their own 10/7,” the officer told Fox News.

According to Hezbollah documents recovered by the Israeli military during its offensive in southern Lebanon, the Shi’ite terror organization had planned a large-scale invasion of northern Israel for over a decade.

The plot was only foiled after Hamas’ October 7^th invasion, during the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which began with terror attacks on northern Israel a day after Hamas’ invasion.

“The plan has been effectively eliminated. We dismantled the high-level command of Radwan.”

The Radwan Force, Hezbollah’s elite terror unit, was to have spearheaded the invasion of Israel, just as Hamas’ Nukhba Force had initiated the first attacks on Israel on October 7^th.

According to captured Hezbollah documents obtained by Fox News, the terror group had originally conceived of its invasion plan in 2011, dubbing it “Conquer the Galilee.”

“Nasrallah’s 2011 plan to conquer the Galilee was massive,” the Israeli intel officer said. “We destroyed their infrastructure and set them back a few decades. This plan can never be allowed to become practical again.”

The invasion would have included concentrated efforts to capture or raid major border towns and even cities across northern Israel, including Tiberias, Nahariya, and Kiryat Shmona.

“Company 1143 will provide air defense to secure the operational area and prevent enemy aircraft from disrupting the maneuvering forces, with the goal of capturing Kiryat Shmona,” read one document prepared by a Hezbollah operative.

In 2019, Hassan Nasrallah, the late secretary-general of Hezbollah, publicly discussed the plan on the pro-Hezbollah Al-Manar television channel.

“It is a plan for which we train, and prepare… We have prepared this plan. It is complete. Yes, part of our plan for the next war is to enter the Galilee,” said Nasrallah.