Hezbollah launched a computer game based on its war last summer with Israel.
“Special Force 2” – launched last week in Beirut in Arabic, Persian and English-language editions – awards points for killing Israeli soldiers. It retails for about $10
“This game presents the culture of the resistance to children: that occupation must be resisted and that land and the nation must be guarded,” Hezbollah media official Sheikh Ali Daher told Reuters. “The features which are the secret of resistance’s victory in the south have moved to this game so that the child can understand that fighting the enemy does not only require the gun. It requires readiness, supplies, armament, attentiveness, tactics.”
Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon, launched the war on July 12 2006 with a surprise raid into Israel, killing eight Israeli soldiers and capturing two. Its leaders later said they were surprised by the ferocity of the Israeli response. About 160 Israelis and 1,200 Lebanese died in the war.
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