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| 2024-09-23 | ||
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kirill Velesov
The next round of escalation in the Middle East, which already reeks of gunpowder and blood, was triggered by the mass detonation of electronic devices belonging to members of the Lebanese Hezbollah on September 17 and 18. At that time, a mass detonation of pagers, radios and other electronic devices killed at least 37 people and injured more than 3,000. Israel officially denies any involvement in the explosions. I don't think that's true. They just offered a "No comment" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Hezbollah, saying that in just a few days, Israeli forces had carried out a series of attacks that the enemy could not even imagine. “If Hezbollah has not gotten the message, I promise you, they will,” he assured. Earlier, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry, Yoav Galant, also announced his readiness to continue military operations against Hezbollah. During a visit to the country's Air Force command post, he said: " Our actions will continue until the goal is achieved: when we safely return the residents of northern Israel to their homes." However, Hezbollah understood the Israeli message in its own way. Several hours after the Israeli attack, an air raid siren woke up residents of Haifa, Nazareth, and Migda Hemek. At about 5 a.m. Moscow time, Hezbollah armed units fired more than 100 rockets at northern Israel. The attack targeted military-industrial complex factories that specialize in the production of electronic communications equipment and devices. These enterprises are located in the Zovulon area, north of the city of Haifa. Hezbollah called the strike a response to the sabotage of September 17 and 18 and the massacre of children and women in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force base in Ramat David was also hit. Two waves of Fajr-1 and Fajr-2 rockets were launched from Lebanese territory. The Lebanese allegedly conducted aerial reconnaissance of the area using drones back in July. "We have never seen anything like this, not even in 2006. We all assumed that there would be a response from Hezbollah, but we didn't think it would be so strong, especially when there is the Iron Dome that is supposed to protect us," a resident of Kiryat Bialik, a suburb of Haifa, told the weekly Maariv. In turn, the Israeli side reported that most of the air targets during this attack were intercepted by air defense systems. Only a few people received minor shrapnel wounds. The day before, due to the ongoing rocket attacks in the northern regions of Israel, the country's authorities introduced a special situation. According to IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari, the special regime will be in effect north of Haifa. Citizens of the country will be able to continue working and studying where there is an opportunity to take refuge in shelters. Mass events are now prohibited. Meanwhile, the number of victims of the Israeli Air Force strike on the suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut continues to grow. Earlier, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported 45 dead. By the evening of September 22, the country's Civil Defense Authority had already reported 50 dead. The fate of another 11 people is still unknown. On September 20, the Israelis fired four rockets at the Dahiya area. The target of the attack, according to Galei Tzahal Radio, was a bunker housing the movement's special operations commander, Ibrahim Akil. At least 15 of his comrades were killed along with him. The U.S. State Department is urging its citizens to leave Lebanon while they can still board commercial flights due to the unpredictable nature of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. "The U.S. Embassy may be unable to assist American citizens who choose to remain," the statement said. Earlier, the Pentagon reported the arrival of a US Navy group led by the aircraft carrier USS Truman CVN75 in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on September 23. Politico, citing sources in the US presidential administration, reports that American authorities fear the start of a full-scale military conflict. The latest attacks on Lebanon, American officials believe, are a prelude to the start of a military campaign. Israeli President Isaac Herzog also declared his country's reluctance to enter into a new war. "However, Lebanon has become hostage to the terrorist organization and, at the same time, the political party Hezbollah," he said in an interview with the British television channel Sky News. Director of the Center for Middle East and Central Asian Studies Semyon Bagdasarov believes that the current Israeli cabinet will not win the war in Gaza. Therefore, Netanyahu needs a second front to sweeten the bitterness of failures in Palestine and improve his precarious position within Israel itself. "Netanyahu will not win in Gaza in any case. He understands this himself, so he is trying to find happiness elsewhere," the orientalist believes. The number of trained Hezbollah fighters, according to the organization's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, is about 100,000 people. This will greatly complicate Israel's military actions in the event of a transition to a ground operation, the price for which could be prohibitively high.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 I forgot the ;-). And Google is mostly not Jewish, so they’re doing their best. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-23 15:58 |
| #5 #3 I looked it up on Google |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-23 13:44 |
| #4 Hezbollah's favorite candy bar used to be Almond Joy. Now it's Mounds. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2024-09-23 12:22 |
| #3 Operation Briss We only spell it with one S around these parts, Grom. Not that that is necessarily correct, transliteration being what it is, but that’s why I had to take a look at the link. Somebody needs to go to their room for that. Not you, because you are only sharing someone else’s work, but someone out there is definitely culpable, and must be punished. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-09-23 10:02 |
| #2 "The State Department is urging its citizens to leave Lebanon..., due to the unpredictable nature of the conflict... 'The U.S. Embassy may be unable to assist American citizens who choose to remain.'" Israel will eschew a two front war as long as the clean-up lasts in Gaza. Then an invasion of Lebanon is predictable. |
| Posted by: S MAI 2024-09-23 09:18 |
| #1 Operation Briss |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-23 02:30 |
