The 3-D game forces players to think and use their resources wisely, reflecting the way Hezbollah fights, Daher said. Hundreds of copies have been reserved in advance in Lebanon. Hezbollah is expecting strong demand for the game at home and abroad. The game retails at about $10 in Lebanon and is produced by volunteers. the most prominent battles and the idea that this enemy can be defeated,' Daher said. 'Through this game the child can build an idea of some of.

Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim group backed by Iran and Syria, declared the outcome of the conflict a 'divine victory.' Israel says Hezbollah was weakened in the conflict, in which the group was forced out of its strongholds along the Israeli border and an expanded international peacekeeping force deployed in southern Lebanon under a U.N.-brokered cease-fire. Some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Lebanon. Hezbollah takes huge pride in its military performance in the war, which killed 158 Israelis, mainly soldiers. The game, launched on Thursday, recreates key phases of the conflict, which was triggered when Hezbollah forces raided northern Israel and captured two soldiers, saying they wanted to negotiate a prisoner swap. Weapons and points are accumulated by killing Israeli soldiers. '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 said.īut Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev responded by saying: ''It should come as a surprise to no one that Hezbollah teaches children that hatred and violence are positive attributes.''ĭesigned by Hezbollah computer experts, players of 'Special Force 2' take the role of a Hezbollah fighter, or Mujahid. 'Special Force 2' is based on last year's 34-day conflict between the Lebanese guerrilla group and Israel.

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