An overnight incursion into southern Lebanon by Israel’s Golani Brigade left at least four Israeli troops wounded, one of them severely, when they ran into explosive devices planted by Hezbollah when they crossed the border.
Israel evacuated the troops, who were hundreds of meters into Lebanon, by helicopter, and reported the situation was under review. They did not immediately confirm Hezbollah’s version of events.
Also overnight, Israel attacked and destroyed a house in the town of Seddiqine, southern Lebanon. The attack wounded nine people and badly damaged dozens of surrounding homes.
This is a common occurrence in southern Lebanon, when Israeli airstrikes hit “terrorist infrastructure” that turns out to be civilian homes in residential neighborhoods. Over 1,000 homes are estimated to have been damaged by such attacks.
Israel has been intensifying airstrikes and shelling against southern Lebanon in recent days, striking towns and villages across the region. The attacks have badly damaged farmland in the mostly agricultural south and sent an estimated 100,000 residents fleeing to the north.
The international community has been trying to calm tensions along Israel’s northern border, trying to prevent escalation to a full-scale war. Today’s incident which saw Israeli troops attacked only after they crossed into Lebanon, heightens concern that escalation into a ground war will likely continue.
Hezbollah says any truce in Lebanon needs to come alongside a truce in the Gaza Strip. So far, efforts at a Gaza truce have not made a lot of progress and further Israeli incursions into the area continue.
Israel, it seems to me and in my own mind, should simply mind it’s own damn business. Stay the hell home and mind your own damn business.
Israel would love to stay home and mind its own business. Now if you can just get people to stop firing rockets at Israel and stop invading Israel and killing people at dance parties, Israel would stay home.
“Home” is within its borders, which are set by UNR 181. When have they ever stayed “home?”
No the borders are not 181. The Arabs rejected that border in 1948 and new borders were formed after that war.
UNR 181 remains the only internationally recognized border of Israel.
That’s a fact.
You don’t have to like it.
It’s a fact whether you like it or not.
LOL! You’re full of shit Tim. Just another pathological Zionist liar!
Israel started the war in 1948 when it drove over 750,000 Palestinians from their land.
Israel’s 17 year long blockade of Gaza was and is an act of war.
In the 15 years prior to 10-7-23, Israel killed over 4,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
A Gazan child born in 2000 has already lived through at least six massacres (Operation Summer Rain [2006], Operation Hot Wind [2008], Operation Cast Lead [2008/09], Operation Returning Echo [2012], Operation Pillar of Defense [2012], and Operation Protective Edge [2014]), along with innumerable cross-border shootings, and the suppression of non-violent resistance like the Great March of Return.
Until the 1960s and the first wave of successful anti-colonial independence movements, Zionists were not ashamed to call their project colonialism. Established with the aim of creating a Jewish homeland in Palestine, their institutions from 1897 onward included the Jewish Colonization Association, the Society for the Colonization of the Land of Israel, the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, and the Jewish Colonial Trust.
The war between 1948 Israel and the Arab nations started when the Arab nations invaded the new nation of Israel just one day after it became a nation. And prior to Israel becoming a nation there is a long list of both sides killing the the other side.
But in any case Israel exists and attempts by terrorists and three times by the Egyptian army have failed. And now it is Iran’s turn to try to destroy Israel. Iran will also fail.
The left the Nakba out of that biased history. Prior to the invasion, the Nakba had already begun. and Zionists were massacring Palestinians and destroying whole villages. The Arab armies invaded in defense of the Palestinian people.
Regardless, Israel has never allowed those refugees to return to their homes, which is further proof of the intent to ethnically cleanse Palestine of the Palestinians.
Like Israel, South Africa existed as an apartheid state. The solution in Israel is the same as in South Africa. Democracy and majority rule must replace racist settler colonial privilege.
” And now it is Iran’s turn to try to destroy Israel. Iran will also fail.” More Zionist piggishness. Israel bombed an Iranian embassy in Syria. Israel is trying to start a regional war, but you blame Iran for the escalation, you filthy blood-stained liar.
Let me teach you the history again.
Israel was egging on the Arabs inside the UN – approved Israel to leave. Arabs inside also started civil disobedience,strikes,and attack on Israeli agents . This gave army of Israel to push and expel. Israel pushed them and tried to expel the Palestinians even from the area given by UN as Palestininan state to Jordan ,Lebanon,and Egypt. To prevent this Arab nations marshalled 35000 peasants turned into soldiers and 5000 Jordanian army and resisted Israeli army of 130,000 . Arab army never went into Israel .It was limited to the land that was supposed to be state of Palestine .
England flatly told Jordan not to enter Israel proper .
and never mind the hospitals and mosques that have Israeli targets on their roofs
Israel: “Four Israeli Troops in Lebanon (wounded.)” That’s terrible. Shame on you. This could have been prevented if the US sent in its own troops. When are you going to learn?
And many more ….
What a BS title. It should read “Lebanese Fend Off Israeli Patrol inside Lebanon.”
Good point. News editors tend to slant reports in the titles, although this title does give a relatively accurate description of the event.
The first of many thousands… including US troops if Biden is stupid enough to send them.