Hezbollah / druze war alert.
Hezbollah rockets hit a soccer field in a druze town in N Israel, killing at least 10 wounding dozens of others playing soccer. Druze have given Israel 4 hours to mount a retaliatory attack or they will do it for them. Significant number of Lebanese are druze too, so Hezbollah may soon find their hands full between Israeli and druze forces. Could be a premature trigger to the war against Hezbollah, or at the very least a significant escalation in fighting.
Globalism / Great Reset –
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that the global transition to a low-carbon economy requires $3 trillion in new capital each year through 2050, far above current annual financing, but that filling the gap is the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century.
None of this is creating actual value. It’s manufacturing a crisis and then making money from solutions to a crisis that does not exist. The crisis, as usual, is the crisis, and the solution is to stop falling for it.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/treasury-sec-yellen-wants-3-trillion-a-year-to-save-planet/
OBSERVATION - Key quote from the article “None of this is creating actual value”. It will go to the pockets of the global elites as well as to serve to defund the nations - making them subservient to the global powers that be.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
President Joe Biden’s Department of Veterans Affairs is expecting to fall roughly $15 billion short of what the department needs to cover health care and benefits for this year and next year, potentially putting veteran benefits at risk.
OBSERVATION - I am a disabled (30%) vet that maintains minimal connections to the VA medical system (basically getting an annual exam) in order to keep from being put out of the system. I’ve relied on my own medical coverage because the bureaucratic mess that is the VA is a pain to work through for care. Example, I had carpel tunnel surgery a few months back - from getting a DR visit thru operation took less than a month. Under the VA, it would take a month just to get the approval done alone. Got VA approval for an eye exam, took nearly a month for approval, then had to inform them on the specifics on the appointment. Had to wait an hour on hold before getting an operator to given the info to. There are numerous ways they can streamline the process, but they won’t because of job security.
POLITICAL FRONT –
August 19 DNC convention in Chicago, IL
**** Remember, most polls are designed to shape opinion, not reflect it. ****
Trump vows to continue mass, outdoor rallies.
Biden / Harris Watch –
Guessing game continues for harris’ VP choice. Meanwhile she is getting hammered for her numerous marxist statements of the past now merging with her current statements.
North/South Korea –
There was a 2.7 mag quake in the vicinity of NK’s underground test facilities. It was centered at a depth of 17km, too deep for a nuclear test.
Russia -
Russia is paying extremely high sign up bonuses for army recruits. This has inticed many who are facing economic crisis due to the crumbling russian economy.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures continue in the 80 - 90 degree range and fair.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
1 Kh-59 missiles and 7 Shahed drones were shot down by Ukrainian Air defense overnight. Areas that were apparently targeted include Dnipro City, and Odesa.
Ukraine drones hit and severely damaged another russian oil facility.
Russian forces continue to press the attack in the Ocheretyne region, with more general, smaller attacks across the rest of the region.
Outlook —
Russia continues to press hard in the Ocheretyne and Chasiv Yar regions. Deep war drone/missile strikes by both sides now appear to have slowed for a while.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- Hezbollah rocket kills 14 druze children playing soccer in the northern Golan Heights area.
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Lest we forget - there are still hostages being held in Gaza.
Israel opposition Leader Yair Lapid with Majdal Shams Mayor Dolan Abu Saleh (in black on right) “Retaliation will be severe and it will reverberate throughout the Middle East.” Likud ministers getting heckled: “The kids are gone and you show up? Why is there still Beirut at all?”
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Heavy fighting continues to be reported from locations in and around Khan Yunis.
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Hezbollah directly struck a playground in the Israeli Druze town of Majdal Shams, located in the northern end of the Golan Heights, gravely injuring over 28 people people, and killing 14 children.
This was part of a Hezbollah rocket barrage that Israeli civilians and launched more than 40 rockets.
The Druze Community in Northern Israel says that “All Red Lines were crossed tonight by Hezbollah” and that if Israel does not Respond, we will.
The Druze announced that they give the State of Israel 4 hours to respond to the Hezbollah’s massacre, otherwise they would respond by themselves
According to reliable intelligence information in the possession of the IDF, Hezbollah is behind the attack.
The Israeli army says it has determined that the Hezbollah rocket that struck Majdal Shams, killing 11 civilians and wounding dozens more, was launched by the terror group from an area just north of Chebaa” According to the reliable intelligence information available to the Israeli army, the Hezbollah terror group is behind the rocket launch,” the military says. Despite its denials of involvement, Hezbollah had claimed to have launched dozens of rockets at an Israeli military base in the Golan Heights, located just north of Majdal Shams.Lebanese sources: IAF launched raids on the town of Taria in the Lebanese Bekaa
Israeli army Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari identifies the rocket that struck Majdal Shams as an Iranian-made Falaq-1 rocket.
Hezbollah orders evacuation of hundreds of non-military sites, including in the capital Beirut
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Hezbollah had “crossed all red lines” with a rocket strike blamed on the Lebanese armed group that killed 12 youngsters on the Golan Heights: AFP
The Lebanese government: We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman: Israel will exercise its right and duty to self-defense and will respond to the massacre
The Druze are a religious sect that began as an offshoot of Shiite Islam. There are Druze communities in Israel, Syria, and Lebanon. There are about 140,000 Druze in Israel, 25,000 of whom live in four towns in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, according to Yusri Hazran of the Hebrew University, who is Druze and researches minorities in the Middle East. The Druze community is considered among Israel’s most loyal citizens. Many Druze serve in the Israeli military, although those living in the Golan Heights have a more fraught relationship with the authorities.
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Norway calls on its citizens to leave Lebanon
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Hezbollah have made a grave, new enemy in the Druze. They have been at odds with the Lebanese Druze community for a long time, but hitting Israeli Druze is an act they really didn’t want - and after claiming the rocket attacks, suddenly backpedaled when they found out they had killed Druze kids. This may open up further HUMINT sources in Lebanon for future Israeli attack.
Israel reports to have responded to the attack by sticking Hezbollah positions in the Bekaah valley and will likely continue major strikes over the next several days.
Druze leaders having warned that Israel had a short window to respond have not spoken out on if the current Israeli attacks are sufficient. They are ready to take up arms and go into Lebanon to engage Hezbollah now.
Hezbollah response - abandoning command centers - even those underground - indicates they think Israel has them identified and on the target list. Israel is probably gleaning massive amounts of intel on where these human cockroaches scattered to for contingency bombing operations.
The whole situation pushes the needle closer to open war, one of those ‘Black Swan’ kind of events that could trigger the fight earlier than later. Israel isn’t done retaliating for the rocket attack and will likely be very severe in the next day or so. Will this be enough to trigger Hezbollah to do the same and cause open war to begin? I don’t think Hezbollah is ready for such a war and especially having to cover their rear ends from retaliation from Lebanese and even Syrian Druze forces. The next few days will be critical to see the responses from all sides.