by Tyler Durden
Many international headlines are claiming that this is not yet ‘all-out war’ between Israel and Hezbollah, but it is sure looking like a full-fledged war at this point, especially given on Friday Israeli aircraft carried out a major strike on Beirut.
Huge explosions could be seen and heard for miles, in an apparent “targeted strike” on a southern suburb of the capital city. Reports say that senior Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Akil was killed in the attack. An official has told AFP he was killed in the strike.
Videos and images from the scene show entire blocks and buildings decimated in the heavily-populated area known as Dahiyeh.
Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV is saying that a drone fired several missiles on the area in a very rare and brazen attack on the capital. But a Lebanese national broadcaster has said it was Israeli Air Force Jets:
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) is reporting that five children are among victims of a strike on a building in the area of Jamous Street, southern Beirut.
The agency added that an F35 jet targeted the residential area with two strikes.
Earlier in the day Friday Hezbollah launched at least 140 rockets on northern Israel, in a steady uptick of attacks since Thursday in the wake of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s speech vowing not to stop the attacks in the wake of Israeli intelligence’s pager attack.
Beirut now
If you speak out against Israel's attack on a sovereign country, you'll be labeled anti-Semitic. – EU media pic.twitter.com/nl3u0eYYcy
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And regional media is reporting further on this major escalation: “It is not the first time that Beirut’s southern suburb is targeted, but images emerging from the scene show a building almost totally destroyed, so it is likely there will be civilian casualties,” an Al Jazeera correspondent writes.
In the wake of this new Beirut action, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has said on X the Gaza war and new operations in Lebanon are necessary to bring “the displaced citizens from north and south to their homes, schools, and businesses.” Some 80,000 or more have been evacuated from their homes since Oct. 2023.
Now who let loose the dogs of war? You reap what you sow. I have no use for terrorists and less for terrorists who hide and use civilians as shields.
Like so many Islamic “leaders,” Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah took power “democratically” back in 2008 and NEVER GAVE IT UP.
He believes in the version of democracy that allows “ONE MAN, ONE VOTE, ONE TIME.”
Notice his turban in photos of him.
It is black.
This denotes that he claims to be a direct descendant of Mohammad.
Muslim people will follow him just because of this.
Will he stand up publicly and lead his group or cower hoping Israel doesn’t already have the addresses of his safe houses?
Maybe we’ll see during the next wave of techno-battle.
Israel avenges the 241 Marines Aqil was responsible for murdering and Blinken is worried about making the terrorists mad at us. This is what the left thinks of our military.