Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah released its new anti-Israel video game this August. Special Force 2 is a PC game based upon the Israel-Lebanon war last summer.

Players are accompanied by a five-man Mujahidin support team as they progress through the eight stages of the game. 3-D imagery and realistic sound effects bring the war to life as players attempt to capture two Israeli soldiers by pinpointing a patrol, launching an attack, detonating a security enclosure, destroying Israeli vehicles and seizing the soldiers. Missions also include launching a missile attack on northern Israel, destroying dozens of Merkava tanks and sinking an Israeli Saar-5 class gunship off the Lebanese coast.

The purpose of the game is to demonize Israel in the minds of Lebanon’s youth. “The Lebanese child has the right to know what happened in the south so as to imitate the jihadist action and the act of liberating the land,” stated Sheikh Ali Dahir, chief of Hezbollah’s media activities. Dahir went on to say, “It is true that it [the game] contains violence, but it also contains a cause and a message.”

That cause, say the game’s makers, is to create a culture of resistance—or terrorism.

Ali Ahmed, one of the game’s creators, said it sells for a paltry $10 “because the goal is not for profit.”

If the success of its 2003 predecessor, Special Force, is any indication, Special Force 2 is likely to be popular. The original game, which also depicts battles between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, sold 100,000 copies in its initial run.

Hezbollah is training the children of Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries to believe that terrorist activities and jihad against Israel are heroic. This will only perpetuate the culture of hatred that is fueling tensions in the region.