Israel continues its seemingly endless escalation of airstrikes against their neighbors today, hitting the Syrian capital city of Damascus with multiple strikes today. At least 20 people are reported killed and 21 wounded so far, with the toll not finalized.
The airstrikes targeted the Mazzeh neighborhood, which is home to embassies and government offices, and Qudsaya, which is closer to the city’s outskirts and primarily residential.
Israel commented that the strikes attacked an office belonging to Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Mazzeh. The initial report was 10 killed in the Mazzeh strikes, including at least three civilians. In Qudsaya, 10 were reported killed in a strike on an apartment building. It was further reported but not confirmed that among the Palestinians said to be staying in the building were several PIJ members.
Israel claimed the attack inflicted a “significant blow” to the PIJ and vowed further action against the organization. A PIJ member was anonymously quoted as confirming that among those killed were several of its members. It’s not clear what the operational impact will be.
PIJ is a much smaller than group than Hamas but has been involved in the fighting against Israel in the ongoing Gaza Strip war. Israel has repeatedly targeted the group with airstrikes, and today’s incident is just the latest example.
This is at least the ninth distinct Israeli airstrike against Syria this November. Though they’ve attacked Syria intermittently for decades, attacks are almost daily now, escalating in tandem with the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
As if President Trump won't have enough messes to clean up here in the US when he takes power in January. Now he has to try to, in his own words, "Stop World War III" from happening.
Touché ole!
Nothing will stop the Zio-Fascist administration in Israel.
Hez has been firing missiles against peaceful Israeli towns for over a year,and the peace loving,democratic,and just Israelis have been forced to respond.
Hi Jake,
It does seem that disproportionate use of force is an immediate situation and should cease and desist, immediately!…
You can't corner jake with facts. He'll just start over. He just has to remember where Israel is doing their killing at the time so he can change a word or two. Like the one you just replied to. If it was Gaza, then he'd mention Oct 7th and beheaded babies or such.
Evil clowns clown around.
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Jake often gives us a counter point for good debatable conversation…
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Remember the old saying: To a hammer, everything looks like a nail!…
You'd think by now it would dawn on them that you can't bomb and kill your way out of this.
Israeli Army reserve Major General Israel Ziv, who served as the head of the army’s Operations Directorate, warned that “Israel will be operating on limited munitions if a settlement (with Lebanon) is not reached.”
“Winter is approaching, and it’s not in Israel’s interest to get bogged down in Lebanon,” he said.
The Israeli general noted that “Hezbollah is regaining strength, which means Israel’s leverage in any political agreement is dwindling. What Israel could achieve yesterday, it can no longer achieve today or tomorrow.”
Ziv also admitted, “Unless Hezbollah is granted certain concessions or achievements, it will have no interest in a settlement, and we won’t have anyone left to negotiate with,” adding that “(Hezbllah’s new leader) Naim Qassem will not declare surrender—that won’t happen, just as it didn’t happen with Hamas.”
“Israel is paying a heavy price, and the battlefield won’t wait for Trump,” Ziv explained, before concluding that “in three months (by the time Trump is officially inaugurated), any military gains may be lost.”….
…..It also noted that “Hezbollah’s drones successfully evade (Israeli army) combat helicopters and fighter jets, avoiding interception.”
At the same time, the newspaper underlined that Israeli occupation soldiers are paying a “hefty price” in human casualties while attempting to “break through Hezbollah’s second line of defense, where it has fortified positions, deployed fighters, and studied operational tactics.”
The report noted that “those fortified along the second line of defense in villages have monitored Israeli forces, studied their tactics, and organized Resistance troops in the houses of villages where the Golani Brigade entered yesterday.”
As a result, the report added, “a battle erupted at one site within a group of buildings where Hezbollah ambushed Israeli soldiers. The battle lasted several hours, resulting in the deaths of six soldiers from the 51st Battalion and injuries to several others……
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/second-line-of-defense-resistance-roundup-day-405/
Those people being bombed by Israel, just like those Dutch people defending themselves against Israeli football fans, are antisemitic for not liking being bombed by Israel!
Good one, brother.
”It’s every man’s war that keeps apart, with stalwart convictions and affairs of the heart… Forever to struggle and to never know peace, the day will soon come, when we’ll all be released”…
After killing opponents, !srael, "See. Nobody wants to negotiate." We are the only people in the world who would agree.
The Netanyahu government would not continue its illegal airstrikes against Israel's neighbors if it were not for the total support by the Biden-Harris administration.
Israel fails to realize that we are all trying to save their bacon!
Pardon my pun!
When did Lebanon cease to be a country with its own government? Israel is invading a state beyond its borders. Israel is in daily violation of international law. Israel's government is a rogue organization and it's statehood is what needs to be truncated.
Bravo!