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Hezbollah's possible targets in Cyprus, according to Israeli media

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    An Israeli publication acted out the scenario of the Hezbollah leader's threats to Cyprus – What are the possible targets &#8211? The Government is reassuring

    Can Nicosia consider the threats of the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, towards Cyprus to be unfounded and to attempts to reassure the interior, however, analysts went a step further by mapping the possibility of their implementation.

    The Israeli website Mako, publicizing Nasrallah's warnings against Cyprus a few days ago, that it will become part of the war if it is confirmed that Israel uses its airports for training, went a step further. He presented Hezbollah's possible targets on the island.

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<p> targets that may be hit in Cyprus, however, the island, as he notes, has a small and not particularly strong air force, with relatively old means.</p>
<p>Four are the main, he notes, air bases operating in the country, whose westernmost areas are also only 300 kilometers from the coast of Lebanon.</p>
<p>“In the west of the island is the <strong>air base< /strong> in the city of <strong>Paphos</strong>, which is located and operates near the city's international airport”. This air base, he adds, is less than 300 km from the coast of Lebanon, a range that does not pose a problem for Hezbollah. “The air base in Paphos is considered the largest and most central in Cyprus where the main aviation infrastructure of the local aviation is located along with many communication units”.</p>
<p>Another possible target, he adds, is the <strong>air base in Lakatamia, which is located a little south of Nicosia. “This base is considered the headquarters of the Cyprus Air Force, but relatively few aircraft are located there. In addition, the <strong>Air Control Unit</strong> of Cyprus, in the area of ​​<strong> Troodos</strong>, in the center of the island, could be used in an extreme scenario as a Hezbollah target. The base does not have a runway for take-offs and landings and is not used by aircraft, but there are many radar units and command and control systems, as well as air defense systems”.</p>
<p>Another important and central air target in Cyprus, says , but which will likely be a much lower priority to hit than Hezbollah, is the Cape base of <strong>of the British Royal Air Force, near Limassol, in the southern part of Cyprus. “The base is considered an exclusive British Army base and does not host local Air Force air operations. The Cape base is considered to be the only British airbase in the eastern Mediterranean and serves as an important launching point for British military activity in the Middle East, including operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and also in attacks against the Houthis in Yemen.” </p>
<p>He then points out that Cape Royal Air Force Base is known to have hosted US military activity in the past, but adds that no similar activity by the Israeli Air Force is known. “The likelihood that Hezbollah would choose to attack the Cape base and endanger advanced aircraft and service personnel of Britain, a member of the NATO alliance, is very, very small.”</p>
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