Posted on 09/21/2024 7:25:36 PM PDT by hardspunned
The previous Rocket Barrage against Northwestern Israel consisted of about 15 Rockets.
(Excerpt) Read more at x.com ...
“The Israel Defense Force confirms that several “Unknown Aerial Targets” coming from the East, believed to likely be Drones launched by Iranian-Backed Forces in Iraq, were Intercepted by the Israeli Air Force earlier tonight on approach to the Southern Golan Heights.“
Ezekiel 38 will happen
I wonder if Syria and Lebanon will be involved too (many peoples with thee)
Hezbullah and the Iranian militias in Iraq and Yemen both have this air base on their target list. It is probably where most of the Lebanon bombing runs originate. Israel has taken out about 400 rocket launchers in Lebanon in the last week. 300 just in the last few days. Each launcher holds (and launches) multiple Missiles (I wanna say 12 but it could be 20 per launcher). I have no idea how many launchers Hezbullah had before this but this is probably a massive dent in their ability to send “10’s of thousands” of missiles at Israel at once to overwhelm their Iron Dome defenses.
Israel also appears to have hit several rocket depots, videos of some of explosions are online and they are so massive they had to have been a storage depots. No bombs are that big (at least not any used by Israel or by fighter bombers). Israel has been targeting the supply lines all year; took out an assembly facility in Syria just north of Lebanon last month; hit a dozen commanders in one meeting Friday - plus that attack with the pagers and radios which they don’t claim. They are obviously trying to eliminate the missile threat from the north and have done so methodically- first the supply lines then their current capabilities and their field commanders.
Anyway each time Hezbullah fires missiles they give away the position of their launchers and using aerial surveillance Israel can track their movements and probably figure out where the missiles are stashed. Hezbullah haven’t been very strategic about all this but it seems the die is cast. They are probably a formidable force in ground combat but if Israel can greatly diminish the threat from rockets they can better focus on a ground invasion - if they intend to go in at all. Maybe they won’t have to. Anyway a ground invasion will not be popular politically as it is - the public soured quickly back in 2006 due to lack of success and numbers of casualties. If a ground move triggers a massive wave of missiles, which is a new dynamic since 2006, then the political fallout could be worse. So strategically and politically degrading that capacity is the better move be it to soften for a ground invasion or for a long term reset of regional dynamics.
Good overview!
Thank you so much for that
Thanks
See this:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4266420/posts
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Oh, sure.
How long have they been fighting the goat herders in the West Bank and Gaza with their technoligically advanced jets, tanks, and ground force?
That's sure worked our well.
A lot of Hezbullah are battle hardened in the Syrian revolution and the ISIS battles. They are not much of a match against fighter jets and bombers but do have weapons to target personnel carriers, tanks, and anti-helicopter shoulder launched rockets. They have mines. They have suicide vest bombers. Remember they got the IDF bogged down back in 2006, after they snuck into Israel and killed a few people and kidnapped 5. Israel did a lot of Damage to Lebanon but failed their primary mission with a higher than expected casualty rate. Israel retreated after just just 30 some-odd days. Hezbullah have plenty of vulnerabilities and each side has some new tactics, but fighting on the ground to defend their territory they should not be underestimated. They are not Hamas who are really just street thugs who hide behind women and children and never had any real experience in combat.
You are right about the experience with Hezbollah. I don't know about your Hamas comments, though.
I think we both would agree that lots of people have lost their lives -- and if it continues down the current path, even more, will see their lives end.
So, you can fight a war that either side may lose or may not recover for a generation when negotiations and compromise could very well solve the problem.
While the most current iteration of this war came about by the October 7th terror attack -- exactly how much retribution must Israel seek to call it a payback?
I know the scripture says an "eye for an eye," but that only means two people go blind.
In the end, this confrontation goes back many, many decades -- and perhaps even back to biblical times.
The Bible does Not say an eye for an eye. That would be the code of Hammurabi.
Hezbolla has been shelling northern Israel for the last year. The Israelis are trying to persuade them to stop the shelling without having to send troops across their northern border.
The Bible does Not say an eye for an eye. That would be the code of Hammurabi.
Hezbolla has been shelling northern Israel for the last year. The Israelis are trying to persuade them to stop the shelling without having to send troops across their northern border.
It takes two sides to make peace. Israel was for the first 50 years mostly left leaning. Even largely socialist. They wanted Oslo to work. After Arafat refused to sign he launched the 2nd intifada blowing up buses and discos and pizza shops. Then we had 9/11 and in the decades to follow the west destroyed the Pan Arabists (Iraq, Syria, Libya etc) and promoted the pan-Islamists. With them came the rise of Iran, ISIS, Hamas and Hezbullah Islamist groups among others. Israel moved politically decidedly to the right after the intifada of 2000. They are much more cynical and weary. They had high hopes after peace with Egypt, and then Jordan… and then the Abraham accords and as you know some think the Oct 7 attack was meant to scuttle further peace accords and diplomatic relations - which seems to have worked for now.
I don’t know the way out if it. I don’t think it’s about an eye for an eye it’s about security - what nation can survive if it doesn’t defend itself. Some argue to negotiate more, some say Israel waited too long and the current situation is the result of just letting these two proxy armies arm to the teeth over the last 15 years without any diplomatic progress. It’s not like everyone doesn’t know Hamas and Hezbullah’s stated goals. It’s not like everyone doesn’t know they are a proxy for Iran. Even Saudi Arabia had to fight the Houthis in a very brutal war. They now have a truce.
I personally believe that the eye for an eye isn’t a literal interpretation. It means if you blind someone you have to compensate that person by paying for someone to do the things he needs his eyes to do. Anyway I wish there was a diplomatic way out but don’t see the path. Israel is asked to negotiate with religious zealots that want them dead or gone and that makes Israel even more reflexive and pre-emptive now that the fuse has been lit. I think the Israelis think they have to change the dynamics so that other ore sensible parties or ideas can fill the void. That probably means a lot of death and destruction until the mood changes.
It doesn’t help that we coddle Iran. I surely don’t advocate war with Iran but we were mistaken to lift sanctions and try to negotiate with them. Obama had the chance to back the protesters during the Arab Spring but backed the Mullahs - but he did back the protesters in Egypt and Syria and Libya. In simple terms he sought to overthrow the men in designer suits and support the men in robes. Bad policy.
Sorry, my friend, you comment is just plain wrong........
Exodus 21:23
23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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