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2024-11-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Temporary truce in Lebanon, Hezbollah claims ‘victory’
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:

[ColonelCassad] A truce has begun on the border between Lebanon and Israel. Some Lebanese residents have begun to return to their homes. According to the agreement, Israel must withdraw its troops from Lebanese territory, which in fact leads to a repeat of the results of Operation Cast Lead, about which the Nazis from the Netanyahu government were already bubbling yesterday.
Nazis?? Not even pretending a little bit, Mr. Rozhin.
Despite its losses, Hezbollah was not defeated and, up until the truce, was shelling Israel on a daily basis, although Israel declared it "defeated" back in September.

Iran also welcomed the concluded truce. Hezbollah will be able to restore its strength for the next rounds,
…it will be interesting to see what happens when they try…
and shelling of Israel will be able to continue from Iraq and Yemen.

Before leaving, the Biden administration will also try to achieve a truce in Gaza, where Hamas continues to resist.

More from Boris Rozhin:
On the ceasefire in Lebanon
1. A declared truce for 60 days. If no new agreements are reached, then formally both sides may continue exchanging blows in late January-early February. In 2 months, Israel will receive new packages of ammunition and air defense missiles, and Hezbollah will receive new missiles and drones from Iran. Plus, it will recruit additional personnel in southern Lebanon.
"Come and die for Tehran!"
2. It would be easy to break this agreement by accusing the other side of violating the agreement. The potential for this is more than great, especially given the general impotence of the Lebanese army. Plus, Israel can wait until Trump comes to the White House, who can stand up for Israel much more strongly, which is what the Netanyahu regime hopes for.

3. Of course, both the IDF and Hezbollah will lick their wounds and prepare for the next round of confrontation, just as Israel's failure in 2006 was just a lost battle in an endless war.

4. Both the Netanyahu regime and Hezbollah have been weakened by this round - Netanyahu's seat inside Israel continues to wobble, and he has already lost some of his external legitimacy. Hezbollah has lost some of its leaders and will need to strengthen its control inside Lebanon, where it is effectively an integrated structure within the Lebanese state. This control may be challenged. Overall, the round ended without a clear victory for either side, but Hezbollah won morally, having endured a very intense conflict with a much stronger adversary, backed by the United States.

5. Hamas has spoken out about the ceasefire in Lebanon.

"We highly appreciate the key role played by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon in supporting the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Resistance, as well as the enormous sacrifices made by Hezbollah and its leadership, led by Secretary General Shahid Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah. We appreciate the steadfastness of the brotherly Lebanese people and their constant solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the occupation and its brutal aggression, and we pray to Almighty God to protect Lebanon and its people from all evil and harm.

The enemy's acceptance of the agreement with Lebanon without fulfilling its conditions is an important milestone in destroying Netanyahu's illusions about changing the map of the Middle East by force, as well as his illusions about defeating or disarming the Resistance forces.

We affirm that this agreement would not have been possible without the steadfastness of the Resistance and the rallying of popular support around it, and we are confident of the Resistance axis' constant support for our people and its support for its struggle by all possible means.

As we follow the implementation of this agreement in Lebanon, we pledge our commitment to cooperate with any efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and are interested in ending the aggression against our people within the parameters of ending the aggression against Gaza that we have agreed upon at the national level, namely: a ceasefire, the withdrawal of the occupying forces, the return of the displaced persons, and a real and complete agreement on the exchange of prisoners.

We praise and are proud of the epic of resilience and pride that our people in the Gaza Strip have demonstrated for more than a year, and we stand with them as they write with their blood and sacrifices bright pages in the history of our people’s ongoing struggle, and we stand with them as one in the trenches of defending our land and confronting the enemy’s plans, and we are loyal to them until the aggression ends.

We call upon the brotherly Arab and Islamic states and the forces of the free world to take serious and effective action against Washington and the Zionist occupation to stop its brutal aggression against our Palestinian people and to put an end to the ongoing war of annihilation in the Gaza Strip.

We reaffirm that our Palestinian people and their valiant resistance will remain true to their national principles and legitimate rights and will defend their land and sanctuaries until the occupation is defeated and eliminated and an independent Palestinian state is established with its capital in Al-Quds (Jerusalem)."

In short, attempts to drive a wedge between Hamas and Hezbollah over the ceasefire have failed. Hamas' demands for withdrawal have not changed, and the fighting in Gaza continues.
Y’all continue believing all that, do. It makes it so much more fun for us.

Hezbollah claims ‘victory’ over Israel, say its fighters still at ‘full readiness’
[IsraelTimes] Lebanese terror group Hezbollah says it has achieved “victory” over Israel and that its fighters are at the ready after a truce between the two sides took effect.

“Victory from God almighty was the ally of the righteous cause,” a statement from the Iran-backed group said, adding that its fighters “will remain in total readiness to deal with the Israeli enemy’s ambitions and its attacks.”

Hezbollah MP claims group has no ‘visible’ arms, bases in southern Lebanon
[IsraelTimes] Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah says his group is cooperating with the Lebanese army’s deployment in south Lebanon, denying the terror group has any unhidden assets there.

There is “full cooperation” with the Lebanese state over strengthening the army’s deployment in south Lebanon, Fadlallah tells AFP. He adds that the group has “no visible weapons or bases” there.

Fadlallah also dismisses the part of the ceasefire agreement requiring the Lebanese army to control access to southern Lebanon until Israeli troops withdraw, saying that “nobody can make residents leave their villages.”

Posted by badanov 2024-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top
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#1 "Look! We got a new shipment of pagers and cellphones...for Christmas?"
Posted by Frank G 2024-11-28 12:54||   2024-11-28 12:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Having Hezbollah claim victory after losing so many of its top personnel and so much of its infrastructure is laughable.

I can hardly wait for Iran to claim victory.
Posted by Lord Garth 2024-11-28 14:22||   2024-11-28 14:22|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Egypt celebrates "victory in October (Yom Kippur) war" every year.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-11-28 15:48||   2024-11-28 15:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Sadat built an entire 6th of October City in Giza governorate, Greater Cairo, to commemorate Egypt’s great victory in the Yom Kippur War. Mr. Wife’s erstwhile employer has a factory there, but for some reason the city was never populated as intended. Which makes me wonder about the new city President el Sisi has been building for Cairo overflow population.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-11-28 21:59||   2024-11-28 21:59|| Front Page Top

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