I doubt that Israel would have been able to initiate these measures including yesterday’s Nasrallah attack, except in this situation where the US President (Biden) is incoherent and not functional. The Junta cannot lead or respond to such delicate situations requiring diplomacy.
What kind of targets would a “limited ground operation” be. Concentrated munitions? Hezbollah wouldn’t concentrate troops. Iranian intelligence center? Rockets could take that out. Small rocket launch radius? Have to keep the captured territory.
I’m not a tactician, so I’m curious as to the Israeli goal.
Sep 28, 10:35 PM EDT
Small-scale ‘border movements’ into Lebanon may have begun, US officials say
Small-scale operations or “border movements” into Lebanon to take out Hezbollah positions right on the border have begun or are about to, according to two U.S. officials.
Israel does not yet appear to have fully decided whether to launch a ground operation but is prepared for one, the officials said. If a ground operation happens, its scope will likely be limited, sources said. The key is fulfilling the promise to Israelis that the tens of thousands displaced from northern Israel will be able to go home. To do that, decapitating Hezbollah is not enough, the officials said.
U.S. officials received a “few minutes notice” at best, before Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination on Friday, the officials said.
In response to reports that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blew up when Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant informed him about Nasrallah, the officials said, “We do bear a lot of risks” in the region, and their people were not given a lot of notice to prepare for possible hostile responses to the assassination, which did not please U.S. officials.
One of the officials noted that there is tolerance right now and that U.S. “interests in the region could be badly harmed” if U.S. officials lose their contacts with the Israelis.
The sources said Nasrallah, until the very end, had demanded a Hezbollah ceasefire be tied to a Gaza cease-fire.
Diplomacy remains the only viable long-term solution, even if a military campaign sets the stage for it, officials said.
-ABC News’ Matt Gutman
Yes, osintdefender is a reliable source and he’s not afraid of correcting errors in his reports.
I don’t believe anything that comes out of SovietAmerica/occupiedAmerica.
[Armored Vehicles and Troops reported to have crossed into Southern Lebanon at several Areas along the Border.]
Wow - we knew it was coming - this could be a very interesting 7-10 days, starting last Friday - they already ARE, frankly
Should it be public information?
Lookner’s on this now.