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Italy Seizes Billion-Dollar Captagon Pills Smuggled by Hezbollah

Photo published by several news websites shows the Italian authorities seizing the drugs
Photo published by several news websites shows the Italian authorities seizing the drugs
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Italy Seizes Billion-Dollar Captagon Pills Smuggled by Hezbollah

Photo published by several news websites shows the Italian authorities seizing the drugs
Photo published by several news websites shows the Italian authorities seizing the drugs

Italy revealed Friday that nearly 15 tons of smuggled Captagon amphetamine pills seized last year by the authorities, appeared to have originated from Lebanon’s Hezbollah not ISIS, according to the Italian Nova news agency.

Investigations run by a Naples prosecutor said the financial value of the confiscated drugs amounted to about one billion dollars.

The drugs were hidden inside three suspicious containers that included papers intended for industrial use.

Italian authorities previously believed that ISIS was behind the drug smuggling operation.

However, investigations showed that the Syrian regime and Hezbollah were behind it.

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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue to Act Against the Houthis

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue to Act Against the Houthis

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would continue acting against the Houthi militias in Yemen, whom he accused of threatening world shipping and the international order, and called on Israelis to be steadfast.
"Just as we acted forcefully against the terrorist arms of Iran's axis of evil, so we will act against the Houthis," he said in a video statement a day after a missile fired from Yemen fell in the Tel Aviv area, causing a number of mild injuries.

The US military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

In a statement, the US military's Central Command said the strikes aimed to "disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden.”

The US military also said it struck multiple Houthi one-way drones and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea.

Saturday's strike followed a similar attack last week by US aircraft against a command and control facility operated by the Houthis.

On Thursday, Israel launched strikes against ports and energy infrastructure in Houthi-held parts of Yemen and threatened more attacks against the group, which has launched hundreds of missiles at Israel over the past year.