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© Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Israeli army chief says military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon
By MELANIE LIDMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG and KAREEM CHEHAYEB TEL AVIV, Israel©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Chabbawanga
Remind me where IDF and MOSSAD headquarters are located again please
RichardPearce
Note that Netanyahu needs Harris to not see the already unpopular position of supporting Netanyahu's war on Palestinians as the election losing position it already is threatening to be.
He can't afford to be any more blatant in his genocide or his escalating his war on Lebanon than he has been without losing the American media and politicians their 'plausible deniability' of their coverage/position statements being racist and grossly inaccurate which would put the internationally recognized clown Trump in the White House, which will make the White House ordering the international community to not treat the Israeli regime as the pariah it deserves to be pretty ineffective.
Add in that Trump has a history of complete reversals when he thinks it'll work to his advantage, and the majority of Americans want the American role in Netanyahu's genocide to end, so such an abrupt reversal is entirely possible with Trump, not Harris.
Chabbawanga
Easy, if they destroyed it, it had weapons in it...
Anonymous
Hamas and Hezbollah were conjoined at birth. Both are terrorist organizations supported and largely directed by Iran’s clerical regime. Both target civilians. Both hide behind their own civilian populations. Neither care about civilians’ lives - both consider “martyrdom” virtuous. Their vicious and mendacious character is only matched in degree by the stupidity and willful ignorance of their useful idiots living outside the region. Peace will only prevail when the Palestinians and Lebanonese turn on them. That is not likely to happen soon.
Chabbawanga
They targetted Re'im IDF base. The festival was situated between The Gaza fence and the base. Unlike the IDF, Hamas doesnt have an airforce.
kurisupisu
How does Israel know which homes have weapons or not?
Indiscriminate killing and terror is the modus operandi as it was in Gaza.
RichardPearce
Like ISIS invading Iraq, JSIP invading Lebanon is based on the notion that the government won't defy the US and turn the 'militants/militias' into part of the OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MILITARY, and let Iran give both of them the weapons needed to defeat the invading force (armed with American weapons).
Remember what the outcome for the invading force was in Iraq? Think that the US can prevent it happening to the JSIP militants in Lebanese territory? Think the JSIP militants on Syrian territory will be safe?
WoodyLee
South Lebanon is NOT Gaza,
This is going to be a hell of a fight and guess who will win it??
This is not the first time the IGF has tried to push Hezbollah fighters away from the borders and failed. The problem for the IGF this time is that Hezbollah is much more armed and capable with open routs of supplies unlike Hamas in Gaza.
Experts believe that the IGF will NOT even attempt but knowing Bibi's limited military background and combat experience he will probably be fool enough to try it again.
Billot
@sakurasuki are you serious? You do realize that Israel fully withdrew from Gaza in 2005, uprooting their own citizens from Gaza, in order to give Palestinians the opportunity to create their own country, right? Doesn't sound like a very good settlement policy to remove your own citizens huh? Kinda sounds like the exact opposite of settlement. Yet you claim they want to settle Lebanon. Sounds pretty illogical.
Zaphod
Yrral
Reality check: The "fire" was started with the founding of Israel by the UN. The islamist radicals anywhere have never accepted the existance of the Jewish state. So there is no point in history where this "fire" did not exist.
kurisupisu
Please don’t delude yourself (again)
Billot
You DID hear the news about Hezbollah's pagers, radios and cellphones yes?
If so, it's pretty OBVIOUS that Israel has completely infiltrated Hezbollah's communications - they know everything about their operations. Are you truly that thick @kurisupisu ??
Indiscriminate?? The GrimBeaber operation was possibly the most targeted and least indiscriminate in history.
You are clearly also OBLIVIOUS to the fact that Hamas uses HUMAN SHIELDS to up the body count.
Raw Beer
And of course israel expects US to provide lots of canon fodder.
u_s__reamer
It's time to test the effectiveness of Israel's 9 million "human shields". What's good for the goose etc.
asusa tabi
@kurisupisuToday: "How does Israel know which homes have weapons or not? Indiscriminate killing and terror is the modus operandi as it was in Gaza."
answer: exactly as the knew how to target hezbolla terrorists with pagers. i think its called "intelligence" and/or "spyworks"
asusa tabi
@u_s__reamer: "It's time to test the effectiveness of Israel's 9 million "human shields". What's good for the goose etc."
hamas/hezbolla protect their weapons placing them behind families with babies, schools, and terrorist controlled unrwa offices.
israel defends their people with weapons and DEFENCE soldiers front and center
Billot
Hardly. Just expects them to stay out of the way. And you know, stop requiring nonsense ceasefires that only allow terrorists groups to regroup after their beeper and cellphone losses.
WoodyLee
We have seen what the IDF is capable of in terms of destruction and murdering of innocent civilians, that's what these IMMORAL gangsters are only capable of.
Kill as many civilians as possible in order to pressure the opposition, it is all familiar now.
u_s__reamer
Only a real war (or a White House phone call) will be able to stop out-of-control Zionism, like when a real army metes out a proportionate level of death and destruction to the Israeli ethno-state and teaches the racist population how to become good neighbors. A ONE-STATE solution for Jews and Arabs in 1947 would have prevented the slow-motion train-wreck of the Middle East, but on the other hand, it's obvious that the state of permanent conflict has been too lucrative to abandon by the Masters of War.
Zaphod
u_s__reamer
I never heard that the IDF places its rockets in civilian houses and hospitals, the way Hizballah and Hamas do.
If you have information to the contrary, please share it.
Zaphod
WoodyLee
If you are talking about Hamas and Hizballah, that is correct. The more civilian deaths, the more propaganda value for them.
Billot
It's okay @u_s__reamer, this is a safe space. You can finally admit loud and proud that you love dead jews. C'mon buddy; don't be shy! Meanwhile, keep crying yourself to sleep knowing that Hamas and Hizbollah are getting their asses handed to them ;)
Sh1mon M4sada
those who don't see daylight much are much more at risk of delusion...LOL
Hamas not only proved thrmselves to be liars, they became prisoners as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_military_use_of_al-Shifa_hospital
ROTFL, you think if you want to be credible that you don't dishonour yourself 3 months later... LOL. Brain damage.
sakurasuki
Another area for settlement? Just wait for it.
Yrral
Israelis may starts the fire,but they will not be around to see it put out
The Ripper!
Israel's precise military strikes continue to be unprecedented, especially when compared to the Islamic terrorists who use civilians as human shields.
Sh1mon M4sada
The other side if the coin is Israel knew exactly where Hamas was hiding and using human shields. The Hamas HQ in a hospital, or arms store in a school are perfect examples.
Despite Hamas having gone out on Oct 7th to deliberately target a concert...I cringe at the brain damage on this forum.
Now as for the 'indiscriminate' pagers, WTies explosives, well some might say, Israel is only just matching its adversaries, now. So watchout Iran.
Sven Asai
Easy to know, after destruction they have not.
Aly Rustom
This won't stop in Lebanon. This will go regional.
exactly.