IDF carries out largest attack on Hezbollah since 2006, causes mass evacuations in Lebanon

jpost ^ | 09/23/2024 | YONAH JEREMY BOB

[ChicagoConservative27]

The IDF battered Hezbollah with the largest attack since the Second Lebanon War (2006) on Monday. The attack was broken down roughly into four massive rounds of air strikes against rockets and other assets. The Iranian proxy group tried hard to fight back but had very limited success in relative terms.

The figures from Monday’s attacks, along with the days preceding, were staggering and also led to enormous waves of evacuations of Lebanese civilians from both southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley area.

The IDF struck over 1,300 targets in around 650 sorties; the Lebanese Health Ministry estimated well over 1,200 wounded and close to 350 dead.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I was called a war monger last week because I agree with what Israel is doing. Go me!

[TheDon]

“enormous waves of evacuations of Lebanese civilians from both southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley area”

More refugees for Europe and the USA. 😔

[DIRTYSECRET]

LGBQT folks are really gonna be mad.

[Mr. Mojo]

Maybe Syria will send up a few dozen Russian MiGs to challenge the IAF like they did 42 years ago in the Bekaa Valley Turkey Shoot (Operation Mole Cricket 19): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mole_Cricket_19

Most one-sided large-scale dogfight in military history.

Losses for Syria: 82–86 MiGs shot down and
29 SAM batteries destroyed.

Losses for Israel: Zero.

[fruser1]

The sweet dreams of Dresden.

US needs to do the same to Iran.

[mythenjoseph]

Keep it up Israel!

[Col Frank Slade]

But AOC told Israel to stop!

[SaxxonWoods]

This sounds like a good start.

[Leaning Right]

> But AOC told Israel to stop! <

If AOC were president in 1941, today I’d be dodging Japanese Zeroes on my way to the mailbox.

[1Old Pro]

The IDF struck over 1,300 targets in around 650 sorties; the Lebanese Health Ministry estimated well over 1,200 wounded and close to 350 dead.

Not bad for one day, keep it up. Settle the family's business.

[dblshot]

People die in war. When there is war people die. We don't want people to die. When there is war they die. To stop people from dying we need to stop the war, therefore we are anti war.
There ya go Kamala, I wrote it for ya.

[jjotto]

As of 4-5 EDT, IDF promising even more severe strikes “shortly”. That would 11:00 PM to 12:00 midnight or later in Lebanon.

[fruser1]

Sounds a lot like “don’t”. Lol.

[suasponte137]

Lol… The IDF has just been handing out haymakers since October 7

[SomeCallMeTim]

The pager strikes were just the opening salvo

[TangoLimaSierra]

I read where the IDF tapped into their radio & TV to let them know hell was coming and if you lived near Hezbollah arms storage facilities to get out.

That would also let the IDF know where some storage sites might be that they didn't know about. Just have to watch where the heaviest evacs were taking place.

[maro]

Agree. That’s a major card to play. Means that they have planned a sequence of moves to degrade Hezbollah’s military effectiveness.

[rdcbn1]

I do not think Israel has any option but to attack and destroy Hezbollah missile infrastructure.

Hezbollah is explicitly telling Israel that it is going to destroy the Jewish state and it's resources are many times that of Hamas.

Israel has been forced to mobilize for war, Hezbollah has already forced Israel to evacuate it's civilian population from the Northern Israel and Israel has executed a decapitation strike that gives them a once in generation opportunity to defeat Hezbollah

Time for Israel to do to the Hezbollah missile infrastructure what is has done to the Hamas tunnel networks.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Good times!

[Dan in Wichita]

Without their pagers and walkie talkies, Hezbollah may be having a difficult time communicating and organizing a defense.