Israel reaches cease fire with Hezbollah, fighting shifts to Syria

[nycfan]

The Lebanese Government, hoping to avoid disaster, now says it will enforce UN Resolution 1701. It might be too late.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Almost 2 decades later, but sometimes a Hail Mary pass is all you have left.

 

[Batt Boy]

Almost 2 decades later, but sometimes a Hail Mary pass is all you have left.

True, but Hezbollah, with their Persian masters, was just stronger. It's not as if the Druze, Sunni and Maronites didn't want to, but they couldn't stand up to the Iranians.

 

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Iran just launched missiles.

Iron Dome activated

 

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correction, Matt Bradley (Duke alum) reporting it's likely David's Sling being activated, which deals with ballistic missiles at higher altitudes than Iron Dome.

 

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MSNBC has live footage of Tel Aviv, lots of anti-missile missiles taking off. what looks like blown apart shrapnel coming down.

 

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sounds like the air raid sirens have stopped in Tel Aviv.

I didn't notice any explosions.

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/01/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah

Two Iranian officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss military operations, said Iran had launched more than 100 ballistic missiles in the attack.

 

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Four killed and several injured in a shooting in Tel Aviv.​

The Israeli police said that four people were killed in a shooting in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and that an additional seven were injured. Two attackers were “neutralized” on the scene, the police said.

The shooting took place just as an eerie quiet was descending on the city ahead of a widely anticipated Iranian missile attack.

The shooting occurred on Jerusalem Boulevard, a major tree-lined thoroughfare and important public transportation route in the city’s Jaffa neighborhood. Israel’s emergency service agency, Magen David Adom, said it was treating the injured, two of whom were critically wounded and had lost consciousness.

Images broadcast on Israeli television showed two gunmen in street clothes carrying large rifles. Video shared widely online showed injured people lying on the sidewalk on Jerusalem Boulevard.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/01/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah

 

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[donbosco]

One if my best friends in AVL is Lebanese and his parents are there. He’s dealing with Helene AND this.

 

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MSNBC: 180 missiles fired. 1 Palestinian casualty in West Bank

 

[lawtig02]

MSNBC: 180 missiles fired. 1 Palestinian casualty in West Bank

I don’t doubt that’s true, but it’s awful when the truth could easily pass for an Onion headline.

 

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[RaiGuy]

How exactly do they expect people to vote when they are fleeing for their lives? Such stupidity and lack of empathy for human lives.

 

[nycfan]

How exactly do they expect people to vote when they are fleeing for their lives? Such stupidity and lack of empathy for human lives.

The president there is selected by the parliament, not directly by the people, and the parliament there has been deadlocked since 2023. The USA has been trying to get the deadlock broken as a humanitarian and strategic matter -- the lack of a president has frozen operation of governance.

"...Mired in political paralysis — partly, Mr. Daou said, because Hezbollah has moved to block attempts at resolution — Lebanon has gone nearly two years without a president and has only a caretaker government.

The state provides barely any electricity, leaving everyone dependent on generators, if they can afford the fees. Many generators can power only one appliance at a time, so residents unplug refrigerators or forgo air-conditioning just to do laundry. ..."

As Crisis Builds, Lebanon’s Government Is Nowhere to Be Found

Already crippled by years of economic decline, political paralysis and other crises, Lebanon has little but its own citizens’ grit to survive the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

www.nytimes.com

 

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[gregh1]

I can hear it now: "Gas has gone higher because of Kamala and criming illegals!"

 

[nycfan]

 

[Batt Boy]

Interesting interview

Q: Was Hezbollah right to join Hamas?
A: Yes, it was their moral duty.

Q: Did Hezbollah gamble?
A: Yes, a gamble that seemed reasonable given the deterrence (vs Israel) that existed before the war. At some point Hezbollah did not have the ability to climb down the tree, because of the humiliation of abandoning Gaza.

Q: Why did Hezbollah not escalate?
A: Nasrallah didn't want to burden the Lebanese people. When no appropriate response came to the assassinations in Beirut, it was clear Hezbollah wore down its deterrence. The important event was the killing of the children in Majdal Shams that gave Israel a good excuse to escalate.

Q: Did Hezbollah underestimate Israel?
A: Yes. They trusted the rules of the game and did not understand that Israel was about to escalate. Nasrallah always said that Israel just needs to cease fire in Gaza and that it'll all stop.

Q: What were the effects on Hezbollah? Why did Hezbollah not take precautions?
A: Hezbollah did not understand Israel was about to escalate. The Israeli strikes stunned Hezbollah, threw it off balance and did not allow it to respond. This is not what Hezbollah had planned. The intelligence penetration was too deep. Israel's strikes were a catastrophe.

Q: What is Hezbollah's status right now?
A: I don't know. Militarily it's too early to say, but we expected more from it. Na'im Qasem's "wiping off sweat" speech was not good and he did not look good. Not at all on the level of Nasrallah's speeches.

Q: Who's responsible for the destruction in Lebanon?
A: Israel. They killed, they destroyed. Make sure everyone understands that.

 

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