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Middle East Crisis Israel’s Security Cabinet Approves Military Response to Rocket Attack From Lebanon
NYT ^ | 07/29/2024 | NYT

Posted on 07/29/2024 11:25:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Tensions were running high on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday in anticipation of an escalation in hostilities, after Israel’s security cabinet authorized its leaders to decide on the nature and timing of a military response to a deadly rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, received the authorization from the cabinet members in a meeting on Sunday night, the prime minister’s office said.

Visiting the scene of the strike on Monday, Mr. Netanyahu said of the victims: “These children are our children, the children of all of us. Israel will not and cannot let this pass and carry on as usual. Our response is coming, and it will be severe.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: approves; israel; military; response
Make Beirut a parking lot
1 posted on 07/29/2024 11:25:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Libtards will refer to this self defense as an escalation. Fake news will run with it


2 posted on 07/29/2024 11:29:28 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

one thing we greatly hope for, is that the Israeli political elite have learned to never allow sworn enemy savages to amass on Israeli land or adjacent thereof, and never permit them to pile up any dangerous weapons with which to attack innocent people in their homes and pizza parlors

No responsible government lets enemies deploy and arm themselves within striking range


3 posted on 07/29/2024 11:50:14 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Our response is coming, and it will be severe.”

I believe him.

So does Hezbollah and Iran.


4 posted on 07/29/2024 1:35:06 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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