From Al-Hudhud 2 to Nasrallah’s messages… Hezbollah advances in psychological warfare?!

But it is also true that the psychological war between Hezbollah and the Israeli enemy has not ended, as more points are being scored with each new day, the latest of which was in the second episode of the “Hoopoe” series, which Hezbollah published this week, in a video that lasted ten minutes, and included scenes captured by a Hezbollah drone of intelligence bases, command headquarters, and camps in the occupied Golan Heights, which the Israeli media itself described as “sensitive.”

In the wake of analyzing the messages contained in the “Hoopoe-2” video, which ended with a promise of more episodes in the coming days, the speech of the Secretary-General of “Hezbollah”, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during the memorial service for the martyred leader Muhammad Nasser “Abu Nimah”, came to complete with a repeated title of strength that “the resistance does not fear war”. Can it be said that “Hezbollah” is advancing, or perhaps excelling, in the psychological war with the enemy, and what are the repercussions of that on the ground?

Hoopoe’s Letters-2

In the “Al-Hudhud-2” video, which does not seem to be the last in the series of successive “Al-Hudhud” videos, Hezbollah wanted to complete what it started in the first episode, according to those in the know, specifically on the level of “deterrence” with the enemy. It confirmed once again the intelligence and technological capabilities it possesses, and confirmed that the “target bank” is clear to it if war breaks out, not in one point of the occupied entity, but in its various parts and regions.

If the timing of “Hudhud-1” was the “password” in the first episode, which coincided with the tour of the American envoy Amos Hochstein and his visit to Beirut, where it was said at the time that “Hudhud” was the “practical response” of “Hezbollah” to the Israeli threats conveyed by the American visitor, then the timing of “Hudhud-2” did not carry the same connotations, even though there are those who linked the matter to the negotiations over Gaza, in light of the party’s adherence to the equation of “interconnection” between the two fronts.

While some have considered the “Hoopoe-1” to be more important than the “Hoopoe-2,” especially since the Israeli positions in the Golan are currently within the “range” of Hezbollah’s fire, unlike those shown in the first video, the messages of the “Hoopoe-2” seem clear in terms of what it entails in terms of a “qualitative breach” of Israeli airspace, or in terms of confirming the resistance’s complete readiness to confront any Israeli aggression against Lebanon, at any time.

The resistance is “not afraid”

Coinciding with the publication of the “Hoopoe-2” video, the Israeli enemy continued its “assassination” tactic, by targeting a car on the Beirut-Damascus road, killing one of the former aides of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. However, the response came from the latter himself the day after the operation, in a statement that can be summed up in one phrase: “The resistance is ready, prepared, strong and not afraid,” and that “the message of the resistance is that it does not fear war and is not worried about going for any option.”

In this sense, Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech at the memorial service held by the party for its martyred leader “Abu Nimah” can be included within the “psychological war” between the enemy, as it carried within it many messages that he wanted to use to emphasize the strength of the resistance, its lack of fear of what is coming, and its confidence in victory, to the point that he downplayed the weapon of “assassinations” that Israel clings to, when he said that “the enemy used all its weapons and intelligence devices against us and was only able to assassinate a limited number of our fighters.”

Perhaps what can also be noted in Mr. Nasrallah’s speech is his talk about the front scenarios, which Hezbollah will not hesitate to stop “without any discussion” once a ceasefire is reached in Gaza, but it will “not tolerate” any aggression that the enemy might commit in this case. However, what is more important may be his “exclusion” of such an option, through which he tried to send a message of “confidence” in the resistance’s options once again, without any consideration for the Israeli threats.

Regardless of the scenarios on the front in the coming days, it has become clear that the war, especially between Hezbollah and the Israeli enemy, is not only military, but also political, technological, intelligence, and above all psychological warfare. On this line specifically, Hezbollah seems to be superior, according to the testimony of the Israelis themselves, so the question remains about the extent of the success of this “tactic” in dissuading the Israeli side from expanding the confrontation, as it threatens from time to time.