If I’m connecting the dots correctly, Hezbollah was preparing to strike Israel on behalf of Iran, all in retaliation for the assassination of a Hamas leader on Iranian soil…
I cannot imagine this will end well or Iran will just let it go.
Hazbolaah has attack multiple places as part of their first phase in response of the killing of one of their leaders earlier today/yesterday. Israel didn’t comment about that attack. The news going around is that Israel frame this as a preemptive strike but it is actually not.
The missile attack from Iran back in April de-escalated though. Not saying that will happen again this time, but it’s definitely imaginable Iran actually will let it go.
Especially considering the last missile attack proved to be ineffective. Missiles aren’t free, it takes time and money to make more. Once those missiles are fired they don’t have more for a while to fire back if and when Israel retaliates.
The last time Israel hit a field near to a strategic Iranian missile site as retaliation. So they “missed” and both sides de-escalated. It’s widely assumed that Israel didn’t actually miss, the missile hit exactly where intended as a warning. While Iranian missiles weren’t able to significantly penetrate Israeli missile defenses, Israel’s missiles can penetrate Iranian defenses even in areas of strategic importance. Next missile attack from Iran will result in that nuclear research site (and possibly other sites of strategic value) likely being destroyed.
So there will be a significant cost for Iran to fire missiles at Israel. They still might do it, hoping whatever improvements they may have made to their air defenses will work this time around. But it’s a big gamble for Iran to directly fire missiles at Israel again rather than have their Hezbollah proxies do it.
So further activity will likely come from Hezbollah, but it’s a similar situation for them as Iran. Missiles fired and shot down by Israeli air defenses is a net loss to them. Having the threat of being able to fire a lot of missiles goes away once those missiles are fired.
Have to wait and see how this plays out.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) characterized the wave of airstrikes as an effort to preemptively “remove the threat” posed by a purportedly imminent Hezbollah attack
You gotta love how they’re trying to spin this. Hezbollah has proudly declared that this ‘purportedly’ imminent attack was indeed very real, very planned and very carried out some hours later
endangering tens of thousands of civilians and heightening the chances of an all-out regional war.
Those ‘tens of thousands civilians’ have already evacuated months ago and the only casualties were three (3) fighters from Hezbollah and some associated group. Source : Hezbollah themselves
I wonder how people can keep reading this kind of propaganda and not worry why it doesn’t correlate with what international observers and even Hezbollah themselves are saying
No guys they’re like, a SUPER important partner in the middle East. They’re just defending themselves bro. That Palestinian kid was going to become Hamas one day. Yeah but dude it’s the only democracy in the middle east! We have to support them, right?! Maybe they do some war crimes, but you have to think about how many war crimes we’re preventing in the process. Just one more assassination bro I swear this will be the last one… btw, got any money? I know I said I wouldn’t ask but there’s this hospital right…Hamas all over it. Hizbollahs too. They dress like doctors but that’s just how they trick you
Hezbollah is a terrorist group, not an innocent child.
Could you please make an effort to discuss articles that are being linked to?
Did you know that Nelson Mandela was a terrorist? Seriously. He was a terrorist leader. He co-founded uMkhonto weSizwe. A anti-apartheid terrorist organization.
And the IRA. Terrorists that lived their car bombs.
The US military has explicitly used terrorist tactics in war.
As for Hezbollah… They were founded when Israel invaded Lebanon to act as a resistance force. Since Israel still holds Lebanese territory Hezbollah still has a reason to exist.
It also doesn’t help that the IDF has been launching air strikes and assassinations in neighboring countries since the 50s…
Which really makes the IDF the true terrorist organization here.
It is funny because the first official terrorism in Palestine was by the Zionist militant group. The UK called them terrorists because they bomb a hotel where the UK officials staying at. It is clear they are gaslighting people. There attempts are not working because media can no longer control the narrative.
No duuuude you don’t understand, they’re totally evil! We need - NEED - to be able to assassinate people on foreign soil and commit a genocide with no consequences bro. If they fight back that’s just proof of how terroristy they are. Come on bro we have to secure peace and protect democracy bro, just a few more bombs bro we swear
Israel once again escalating because Joe Biden continues to arm them.
Israel once again escalating
Oops, did I wander into the “let’s pretend Hezbollah doesn’t exist” thread? My bad.
How else will the US’s security agencies get the latest, greatest software to spy on their citizens?!
What are you talking about. They make all kinds of it themselves…also the 5 eyes help
They’re pissed they didn’t get a reaction from their last round of being cunts.
