Hezbollah’s media strategy in Lebanon, a battleground on a global scale

Mehr News Agency, international group: Martyrdom of Mohammad Afif, Mujahid And the Lebanese fighter is an important turning point in the history of resistance media. The events in the region showed that Mohammad Afif is one of those influential and history-making leaders who controlled the media instead of a gun, and without exaggeration, his battleground and battlefield was even wider than the battlefields of Gaza and Lebanon. For this reason, the Zionist regime came to the final assessment that even after the martyrdom of Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safi aldin, the resistance media under the unique management of Mohammad Afif did its job. He does and he must take him out of the way.

Shahid Mohammad Afif, head of Hezbollah’s media relations, died in an air attack on a building in the center of Beirut, which did not have a clear military role, but had an impact. Politically and socially, he did not resist a few of the most famous and important military commanders. The targeting of media personnel and facilities has been condemned by international organizations and human rights groups, who have called for more protection for journalists and media workers in conflict zones. However, the Zionist regime has shown that with the continuous support of the United States and Europe, it knows no bounds in committing war crimes, and by the way, it is more afraid of cameras and podiums than guns and cannons.

Why is resistance media effective?

The loss of Mohammad Afif is a great loss and mourning for the Mujahideen of the media field. But it has also increased the jihadi and professional spirit. Because it has been proven how much the Zionist regime is afraid of the effectiveness of the resistance media. Especially during the past one year and after the historical operation of Al-Aqsa Storm, the media and press strategy of Lebanon’s Hezbollah was affected by the constant tensions and conflicts with the Zionist enemy, and accumulated knowledge and experience that has no parallel in the last two decades. /p>

Hezbollah media such as Al-Manar radio El Noor and the news site Al Ahed, acted as a platform for the group to spread its messages and views to a global audience, in a way that Facilities and low financial cost overcome the biggest failures Media giants supported by Zionism and the West imposed.

Of course, in addition to conventional and classic media; Hezbollah is also active on social media platforms such as X and Facebook and from these channels It has used this group’s activities correctly to share news, advertisements and support messages. As a result, the way to spread false news was closed and even the enemies were forced to always rely on Hezbollah’s news sources in their reports. As a result of the attack by Mohammad Afif and his companions, it is actually a psychological operation whose main purpose is to weaken Lebanon’s strong position against Israel’s threats, to create discord among its social elements and to create an obstacle on the way to any just political solution to the Palestinian issue. .

When Mohammad Afif counted the teeth of the enemy

One ​​of the most important features of the Zionist school is the reliance on psychological warfare and propaganda bombardment to fear and distort the reality. This is the important issue that Muhammad Afif had correctly realized its dimensions and in the first weeks after the October 7 operation, with the like-mindedness of Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, he focused Hezbollah’s media strategy based on these important goals:

The need to raise awareness about the dangers of internal psychological warfare operations.

Presenting short and brief expert materials about the goals of hollow display and breaking the sound barrier above ground Lebanon.

Combating the promotion of negative narratives about Lebanon (for example, countering scenarios that portrayed Lebanon as a failed country, mired in crisis and unable to protect itself )

By weakening the position of Lebanon, the enemy was trying to terrorize the people of this country and put pressure on them to force Hezbollah to accept Israel’s conditions. put under pressure and create an atmosphere as if Lebanon’s Hezbollah is the main cause of tension and disagreement. But the media strategy of Mohammad Afif and his colleagues made the goals of the regime not come true. And in the circumstances that Ehud Olmert had repeatedly claimed in Ma’ariu newspaper that “opening a war front with Hezbollah may lead to the disappearance of Lebanon”.

Victory in an unequal war

Achieving victory and winning an equal war does not require high experience and you just need to leave everything to weapons and support. But in order to achieve victory in an unequal war, other important factors are involved, which are undoubtedly not included in the usual equations. For example, in the last 14 months in Palestine and Lebanon, hundreds of news agencies, hundreds of TV channels and dozens of newspapers and news bases of America, Europe and the Zionist regime have come to the field to use The most advanced equipment of the day spends tens of billions of media and advertising funds to advance the narrative of the war in favor of Zionism and the West.

But Al-Manar and other media close to Hezbollah in Lebanon and the resistance axis, despite having With little facilities and equipment, they secured victory in the field of software and spirituality and did not allow false narratives to invade the world. This is the point where even the American and English students came to the streets in support of the oppression of Palestine and Lebanon, relying on the objective and true narrations of Muhammad Afif and his companions . Introduce it as an obstacle to any solution.

Zionist media, with methods such as trying to create discord among the components of Lebanese society and fanning the fire of sectarian sensitivities, introducing Hezbollah as responsible for the deterioration of the economic and security situation in Lebanon, highlighting the signs of destruction in southern Lebanon and attributing them to Hezbollah sought to present the line of resistance as the most important threat to Lebanon’s national security. At the same time, they made exaggerated comments about the strength of the Zionist army and the vulnerability of Lebanon.

But in the field of action, the fact was proved that the enemy has failed not only in the field war but also in the war of narratives. The Zionist regime’s systematic campaign against Lebanon includes several elements of propaganda and psychological warfare, relying on “rumors”, “false information”, “gray propaganda” And “black propaganda” has been trying to weaken the line of resistance. The insistence of the media close to Israel in using “unknown or mysterious sources” and ambiguous or fake sources, claiming to have leaked information from security sources, thanks to Mujahidat Mohammad Afif and his comrades. It failed and did not reach the result.