Israeli troops carried out a logistics supply drill, with an eye launching “identical operations In the northern sector.” The drill signals part of what officials refer to as ongoing preparation for invading Lebanon.
Northern commander Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin spoke of the determination to allow displaced civilians to return to the Israeli north, declaring “we are constantly strengthening our readiness to launch an attack in Lebanon.”
Israel was quick to deny media reports about March 15 being the deadline for launching a “broad war” in Lebanon, insisting there is no date for going to war against Lebanon, although officials continue to emphasize readiness to do so.
The international community has been scrambling to get a border deal between Israel and Lebanon, and to forestall any potential war. Although these efforts continue, the reports have been that Israel put a deadline of March 15 on a deal. Talks are expected to pick up pace during Ramadan, which runs from March 10-April 9.
In the meantime, Israeli preparedness continues, with Army Chief Herzi Halevi reportedly ordering Brig. Gen. Chico Tamir, the former deputy commander of the northern corps, to prepare “several possible plans for a ground operation in Lebanon.”
It is not clear from the reports if the plans presume an ongoing ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, although a Gaza truce would both free up Israel to avoid fighting on multiple fronts and open up an opportunity for peace in Lebanon. Hezbollah has conditioned talks on a ceasefire.
Notably, while Maj. Gen. Gordin put the military goal of a Lebanon War as returning civilians to northern communities, he did not appear to mention the more widely talked about goal of displacing Hezbollah from the southern border region.
Instead of Hezbollah moving away from the border, why doesn’t the IDF move away from the border?
This is about making war not peace.
Hezbollah missiles fired at Israel are acts of war.very simple.
And the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Syria are what?
i will guess that jake will say “well deserved”
They are also acts of war.
Because they are not fools.
So, it follows that Hezbollah would be fools to move away from the border.
no man, logic is selective
They are in a loop:
Bigger territory leads to bigger border.
Defending bigger border requires bigger territory.
Ad infinitum
None of this would/could happen without US paying for it all.
because the coveted river is on the Lebanon side
Didn’t Jehovah frown on coveting another man’s river?
It feels like some world elites have placed bets to see if Israeli is worthy of the next evolutionary change or needs to be thorn down for another thousand years.
go over there and try it.
People who have no martial history and has some other power to thank for everything they got keep yapping
are you suggesting that Israelis do not need some evolutionary change?
The Israelis are eventually going to take Poland and Lithuania.
They already did.
how many Israelis does it take to change a lightbulb?
LOL. None. They get us to do it for them. Is that the correct answer?
The Likud gov‘t is doubling down on failure again. First the Likud forces the IDF into defeat in Gaza and now the Likud is driving the IDF to getting defeated on the Northern Front.
All the Likud needs to do is accept the generous Arab offers of peace along the 1967 lines and Israelis could finally live in peace and security. By rejecting the 1967 lines, the Likud does nothing but squander IDF lives.
They’re ready to commit suicide…! Better to bring enough body bags…!
Give us Peace OR go straight to HELL, every fricking one of ya!
There is one big difference in demography between Lebanon and Gaza. Approximately 45% of the Lebanese population is Christian, scattered over numerous denominations. And this is among the oldest Christianity because Lebanon was the most likely area where Paul began his conversions. After all, 9it was on his way to Damascus when he saw the light.
If the IDF invades Lebanon, it is certain that numerous Christians will get killed. Can Biden support THAT?
French governments have long claimed to be the protectors of the Lebanese Catholics. Lebanon became a French mandate at the Versailles conference after WW1. The current government seems to have abandoned that claim.
The talks are based on Hezbollah accepting a pullback from the border. “That ain’t gonna happen.” It’s also dependent on a permanent Gaza ceasefire. “That ain’t gonna happen.”
These “talks” are about as useless as the year-long JCPOA “talks” that went nowhere.
Not to mention they are only being done by Biden to 1) CYA that he’s trying to avoid a wider war, which is a lie, and 2) trying to get Hezbollah to accept defeat in the process which is delusional. So Biden: lie and deluded, as usual.
this is much the same kind of baloney you hear from erdogan and Turkey about the need for a buffer zone. well, fuckers, make that buffer zone on your side of the international boundaries.
and while we’re at it, when it israel going to give back what it still occupies of Lebanon…..
and of Syria too, the Golan Heights, anyone remember that?
israel is just an expansionist colonial occupier state bent of regional domination. it won’t give back an inch, is always belligerent with its neighbors,
and should be abolished by the International Community/the United Nations