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2023-12-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israel-Hezbollah border skirmishes: Latest developments
[An Nahar] Hezbollah targeted Tuesday the Metulla Israeli settlement with a guided missile as Israeli shells hit the outskirts of Rmeish, al-Khiam, Kfarkila, Mays al-Jabal, Blida and Houla.

Israeli warplanes carried out three Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras and drones heavily overflew Baalbek and the neighboring villages.

Hezbollah had launched on Monday evening a "salvo of rockets" at the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona in response to the enemy's targeting of a funeral procession for a Hezbollah fighter in Aita al-Shaab.

More than 130 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, mostly Hezbollah fighters but also a Lebanese soldier and 17 civilians, including three journalists, according to an AFP tally.

On the Israeli side, four civilians and seven soldiers have been killed, according to officials.

Hezbollah says it is acting in support of Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna met with bigwigs in Beirut on Monday, a day after visiting Israel and the occupied West Bank, as part of efforts to de-escalate the situation on the border.
Posted by Fred 2023-12-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [35 views ]  Top
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#1 ...drones overflew Baalbek." Baalbek is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about 67 km (42 mi) northeast of Beirut, and a long way from the Lebanon-Israel border. Strange!
Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-12-20 07:33||   2023-12-20 07:33|| Front Page Top

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