Israel at War - airstrikes in Lebanon

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Prime Minister Netanyahu: "We eliminated Nasrallah himself, Nasrallah's replacement, and the replacement of Nasrallah's replacement."

(He's speaking English)

https://x.com/kann_news/status/1843687457650319468


Poster flyer from IDF this morning: Lebanon’s capital is Beirut, Hezbollah’s capital is the Dahieh.







IDF troops raise Israeli flag in Lebanon, on ruins of site where Iranian flag previously stood

Maroun al-Ras is strategically important as it overlooks the surrounding towns. The village's elevation is 911 meters or 2,989 feet.

During the Battle of Maroun al-Ras of the 2006 Lebanon War, the village was partly occupied by Israel, which claimed it was a stronghold for Hezbollah and one of the launching points for rocket attacks on northern Israel.


Bibi wants the entire population of southern Lebanon to relocate north of Tyre. Tyre is the fourth largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, and Baalbek.

Tyre is of biblical importance and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Tyre was the great Phoenician city that reigned over the seas and founded prosperous colonies such as Cadiz and Carthage and according to legend, was the place of the discovery of purple pigment.




Israel's long term plan is likely to extend the state of Israel and years from now will have settlers building homes in what was southern Lebanon. Israel wants to do the same for the West Bank, which technically belongs to Syria. Israel has also been conducting air strikes on Syria's capital, Damascus.


I think with Bibi's continued escalation in lighting the entire ME on fire he is hoping the US will get directly involved in taking out Iran. If Trump gets back in the oval office we may see serious de-escalation from day one. If Kamala wins, prepare for WWIII, at the very least more war escalation and a major world order disruption regardless which side you stand on.

With US military support, Israel shifts Middle East power balance

Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed allies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and threatening Iran itself. The efforts raise the possibility of an end to two decades of Iranian ascendancy in the region, to which the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq inadvertently gave rise.

In Washington, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and Arab capitals, opponents and supporters of Israel's offensive are offering clashing ideas about what the U.S. should do next, as its ally racks up tactical successes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen and presses its yearlong campaign to crush Hamas in Gaza.

Israel should get all the support it needs from the United States until Iran's government “follows other dictatorships of the past into the dustbin of history,” said Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at Washington's conservative-leaning Foundation for the Defense of Democracies — calls echoed by some Israeli political figures.

Going further, Yoel Guzansky, a former senior staffer at Israel’s National Security Council, called for the Biden administration to join Israel in direct attacks in Iran. That would send "the right message to the Iranians — ‘Don’t mess with us,’'' Guzansky said.

Not a good plan, imo.

Continuing...

Ultimately, Israel “will be in a situation where it can only protect itself by perpetual war,” said Vali Nasr, who was an adviser to the Obama administration. Now a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, or SAIS, he has been one of the leading documenters of the rise of Iranian regional influence since the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu giving limited weight to Biden administration calls for restraint, the United States and its partners in the Middle East are “at the mercy of how far Bibi Netanyahu will push it,” Nasr said, referring to the Israeli leader by his nickname.

“It's as if we hadn't learned the lessons, or the folly, of that experiment ... in Iraq in 2003 about reshaping the Middle East order,” said Randa Slim, a fellow at SAIS and researcher at the Washington-based Middle East Institute.

Advocates of Israel’s campaign hope for the weakening of Iran and its armed proxies that attack the U.S., Israel and their partners, oppress civil society and increasingly are teaming up with Russia and other Western adversaries.

Full article: With US military support, Israel shifts Middle East power balance

Lest not forget the alliance between Iran & Russia is stronger than ever.