Posted on 09/28/2024 9:51:25 AM PDT by Aquamarine
Israel launched fresh strikes on Beirut again this afternoon after killing Hezbollah boss Hassan Nasrallah and a senior Iranian commander in an attack on Friday that has rocked the region and threatens drastic escalation.
The Israeli military said late Saturday afternoon it had carried out an air strike in the Dahieh area of Beirut - the same district targeted in the strike on Hezbollah's headquarters in the city yesterday.
Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi acknowledged that 'challenging days await' for Israel after confirming the death of Hezbollah's secretary-general, with Iran and Hezbollah's allies vowing revenge.
'We are determined to continue destroying the Hezbollah terrorist organisation and to keep fighting,' he said on Saturday.
'We have more missions ahead on all fronts – destroying terrorist organisations and their capabilities, returning our hostages.
Confirming Hassan Nasrallah's death today, Hezbollah pledged to keep fighting Israel - saying that the leader had 'joined his fellow martyrs'.
They said in a statement: 'The leadership of Hezbollah pledges... to continue its jihad in confronting the enemy, supporting Gaza and Palestine, and defending Lebanon and its steadfast and honorable people.'
And Iran's Supreme Leader pledged that 'all regional resistance forces' would support Hezbollah, demanding a 'strong' response to the attack.
Israel defended its operations in Lebanon today, amid growing pressure from its allies to de-escalate, claiming that it had thwarted a Hezbollah plot to carry out an attack similar to October 7. Hezbollah has not commented.
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The big ones are a two bouncer.
Thanks.
Great analogy.
Hard to do with no cellphones/pagers and no fingers!
Priceless.
Actually, he did say that they saw a woman (No shoes, very thin, cold and dirty) with 3 small children walking down the road past their column
They gave her a coat, some food, shoes and stuff for the kids. Very sad
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