Continuing the escalation of Israel’s war against the surrounding area, Israeli warplanes attacked the southern Lebanese village of Wadi Saluki, an attack which “blanketed the area” with strikes and involved the use of artillery fire as well, including white phosphorous.
As usual, Israel attempted the justify the attack by claiming Hezbollah military infrastructure was “concealed” in the area and that weapons were probably stored there.
Wadi Saluki is further north than places Israel normally attacks. Located just south of the town of Hazerta, it has been the target of Israeli ground invasions as recently as the 2006 Lebanon War.
Regarding a potential ground invasion, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, the head of Israel’s Northern Command, reported ground troops were already operating inside Lebanon, and that tens of thousands of troops were actively training to participate in a Lebanon offensive.
US officials warned that Israel would find this problematic during the open-ended Gaza offensive. Opening a second front in the war risks spreading forces too thin, and while US politicians back the Gaza War, it’s likely Israel will request more aid and weapons to support a second, concurrent war.
Israel claimed dozens of sites were hit in the attack on Wadi Saluki. Maj. Gen. Gordin said Israel is readier than ever to launch a new war in Lebanon, claiming they could start “tonight, if we have to.”
Lebanese military sources reported many casualties in Wadi Saluki, but did not specify the numbers of dead and wounded. When available, the numbers will likely grow as rockets are already flying into northern Israel in retaliation.
Someone needs to put the brakes on Israel and NOW.
Maybe we should give Israel all the rope it needs….
It is time for our military master minds to advise Mr. Biden that we should tell Israel to go it alone. If Israel wants an all out war against the “army of G-d”, then let them go it alone, and do not cry when Hezbollah fires off a bunch of missiles at Tel Aviv, perhaps hitting a couple of crucial manufacturing plants, like plants manufacturing bleach and chlorine. So far, Hezbollah has been super patient, not rapidly climbing the escalation ladder. We shall see….
Hezbollah has caused 250,000 peaceful citizens of Israel to be displaced,and has long cautiously provoked,probed,and planned invasion and hostage taking. Do not cry when after serious casualties,Israel is forced to nuke a few cities as righteous response. All in all,a bad situation for everyone,nothing to be laughed at with glee.
The victims revolted in 1943 Warsaw too. Stop defending the equivalent of the Wermacht to put that revolt down.
How much did does peaceful Citizens pay for the real estate they occupy ?
If Israel ever uses a nuke there will not be an Israel the following day. Even though most of the Israeli government is insane, narcissistic, and craven, they will not use a nuke, because it will be their end if they ever do so.
For 20 years, Israel invaded and occupied South Lebanon. They were driven out by Hezbollah. Now they want it back, and they want the US to help do that for them.
It is just more land grab, in this case as in so many to get resources.
In this case it is both water and offshore gas deposits. The water resources from the mountains of South Lebanon are very substantial. They already tried to steal the gas, and recently failed, so now they’ll try again.
Not sure how this works.
Lebanon (Hezbollah) attacked Israel population centers in the north. Officially to divert IDF forces from Gaza to the Lebanese border. Unofficially because Iran told them and Israel retaliated.
Why is it “Israel’s war” and not “Hezbollah’s war”?
Because even if Hamas initiated the attack, Israel knew about the October 7th attack beforehand.
Furthermore they employed their Hannibal Directive strategy where the IDF can and did many Israeli’s on that day.
This is not a war between two states. Israel is a state actor who declared war on a resistance group being Hamas.
Hezbollah is countering Israeli terrorist attacks and assassinations against Hamas/Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon.
few minor corrections.
Israel did not know about the panned attack beforehand. the data was there but the top brass and Bibi chose to believe that this is just sword rattling and chose to ignore.
You confuse accident due to battlefield confusion and the fog of war with malice.
Israel is small and intentional killing of friends and family is simply unlikely.
You choose to believe this because its important for you to have all evil placed on the side you don’t like. when the Islamic Jihad bombed a Gazan hospital parking lot you chose to believe it was the IDF despite video footage and actual admission of guilt.
Hamas is the ruling body of Gaza and acts as a government. You choose to accept data from their ministry of health when convenient. otherwise they are a “resistance” group.
Hezbollah (by their own admission), started the current round of fighting and most of their attack were against civilians structures.
Lebanon and Israel had worked out a deal to share gas revenues.Those fields are being developed,and if you go and look at a map,almost all of them belong to Israel. Israelis may not be angels,but its voters are not willing to sacrifice 10,000 lives for an unnecessary war. The Israeli government is well of aware of the Hezbollah threat,and who pays for it and pulls the strings. Do your research.
No, by the biblical examples of angels (themselves a curious plot device…), the IDF totally ARE angels. Carrying out the slaughter and dirty-work of their god and/or Prime Minister.
You recall the Nativity story ? How the shepherds in the fields saw an angel and their reaction was abject terror ?
Not because angels are all glow-y (and biblical angels are described much more like effed-up Beholders) but because, in that mythos, if you saw an angel it meant everyone everywhere all around you was about to die in early-Historical-age John Wick fashion.
There is no “front” in Gaza. It merciless bombing of Palestinian women and children. Front? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Bombing as a response to the Oct 7 massacre,and decades of teaching hatred.
Murdering the wrong-thinkers. That’s how civilisation moves forward !
Do you read what you write, Sully, or does the bile and derision just free-fall straight out your fingers onto the keys ?
Jake you never get it right. Why did the Israeli government employ the Hannibal Directive and proceeded to kill so many Israeli’s that day?
Every single Israeli from birth is taught to hate everyone but themselves because of the “chosen people fable”
Zionism is nothing more than a reason to grab land, and justify terrorism and murder.
Act of desperation by Netanyahu.