Reports out of the southern Lebanese village of al-Wazzani are that Israeli forces dropped leaflets over the area ordering civilians to evacuate from the area into the north of Lebanon and to stay there for the duration of the war.
There appears to be some controversy surrounding the matter, however, as the IDF reported that the brigade which dropped the leaflets wasn’t authorized to do so, and that there is no evacuation order that exists right now for people in southern Lebanon.
Images of the leaflets were making the rounds on social media, and they said in Arabic that anyone who was still south of the city of Khiam after 4:00 PM would be considered a terrorist and subject to attack. Israel carries out near daily attacks on southern Lebanon.
Al-Wazzani is an agricultural center in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military says that the leaflets were dropped by a drone in the area without authorization and that they are carrying out an investigation into the matter.
Over the weekend Hezbollah fired some 60 rockets against northern Israel in retaliation to deadly attacks last week. The Israeli military responded with strikes against what they claimed were Hezbollah targets in northeastern Lebanon.
The international community has been trying to broker talks to get tensions calmed at the Israel-Lebanon border. The talks have mostly not been successful, and Hezbollah has made them contingent on an end to the 11 month long Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.
If true, No one would leave the area… They would stay and fight…! Contrary to the Zionist thinking… Lebanon is not Gaza…!
And if they do they will die. And than the chant of "genocide" will start.
Along with many Israelis. See how that works?
yes, it is called war. Never a good idea. If Hezbollah continues to fire at Israel, war will be forced on Israel. And it will not end well for Hezbollah and Lebanon.
You could not make this shit up even if you try…!
A interview with the IDF commander of drone unit said his unit killed at least 6,000 terrorists in Gaza. He said that they would clear a street of crowds with drone gunfire, How did he know they were terrorists ? His answer “those that didn’t run when we fired on them were terrorists”
(Lost the link, sorry)
Can we fire you?!..
;-/ 🙂
Well, Israel, planning on throwing a bbq?!…
Simple – the IDF is trying to get Hezbollah to move north, so pressuring the residents of southern Lebanon to move puts pressure on Hezbollah.
Basically, the IDF is trying to "win without fighting" (to quote Bruce Lee.)
That ain't gonna happen. They're going to have to go in and die trying to move Hezbollah. See my latest Substack on how the war is inevitable – it's a four-parter:
https://richardstevenhack.substack.com/p/armageddon-in-the-middle-east-part-a9a
At some point Israel will move against Southern Lebanon. At that point the civilians will be ordered to leave. If they don't that is on them. Israel will then strike quickly and surround Hezbollah and cut Hezbollah supply lines. No food, no power, no water. Nothing will be allowed in Southern Lebanon until Hezbollah surrenders or dies. Their choice.
Interesting fantasy.
Why is it a fantasy? You were in the army. How would you attack Lebanon? I would strike from the Golan Heights area and head West to the sea. As the same time I would have the IAF destroy the power grid and communication network in South Lebanon. Hezbollah is not a self sustaining entity. They would need help from the outside to continue a long war.
I was in the Marine Corps, not the army.
And the answer to how I would attack Lebanon is: I wouldn’t, unless I wanted to get my ass kicked again.
Correct. Hezbollah has upgraded their rocket technology, plus the "army of G-d" that defeated the Israeli army may be primed to do it again. Decisively. Ragtag Hamas has managed to kill or wound quite a number of IDF soldiers, which is a subject Israeli leaders want to keep out of the headlines.
Sorry about the confusing your service record, which I admire you for. I did not ask you if you would attack Lebanon, I ask how you would attack. You claim my way is a fantasy and I would like your professional opinion as a soldier why it is a fantasy.
BTW, Just curious what was your final rank?
My final rank was sergeant, my field was infantry. That’s not the basis for my evaluation. The basis for my evaluation is the history.
The last time Israel invaded Lebanon it ended up running back home with its tail between its legs. The correlation of forces since then has changed in Hezbollah’s favor, and in case you hadn’t noticed Israel already has another war going.
Good job at finishing as a sergeant.
I'm sure Israel generals learn from the last war, losers usually learn more than winners. The question is not if Israel should invade Lebanon, the question is how would they do it. You called my idea of striking north say along the Litani river and cutting off supplies to Hezbollah a fantasy. Just curious how would you make the attack?
Perhaps, you are saying that the idea of Israel attacking Hezbollah in the future ("At some point") is a fantasy. If so, do you think that Israel will allow firing of rockets at their nation to go on forever?
Hezbollah’s advantage against Israeli invasion is that its existence isn’t really dependent on holding any particular piece of territory. No matter how much land Israel occupies and administers in apartheid fashion, Hezbollah will remain on its borders and remain a threat, while the costs of the occupation come out of Israel’s potential budget for further offensive activities. So the answer to “how would I invade Lebanon” can only be “since I’m not an idiot, I wouldn’t.”
Again you justified why you would not attack Lebanon. I get that. And Hezbollah leaders think along the same lines as you and that why they feel safe in continuing their attacks against Israel. Don't underestimate Israel. Southern Lebanon may become the next Golan Heights. Syria's decision made not once but three times to attack Israel cost them the Golan Heights.
An Israeli attack on Lebanon is more likely to result in Syria regaining the Golan than in Lebanon losing its southern territory.
Well Tom, I have to admit I never thought of blowing up Hezbollah pagers.
Yeah, that one wasn’t on my bingo card either.
That being the kind of trick that only works once, I assume they triggered it because they’re about to do something big while communications are still disrupted.
Its on like donkey kong and hezbollah is going to get a beat-down.