Makes sense with the rumored withdrawl of UNIFIL and the Lebanese army
EluMelian on
looking for tunnels is my guess
LEOgunner66 on
This is probably IDF Special Forces and light infantry supporting the Samoor (“weasel”) company to identify and destroy hidden weapons caches and tunnels, as part of the Yahalom Special Operations Engineering Unit of the IDF Engineering Corps.
This is a logical progression from the precision air strikes this past week.
Karahx on
I hope it’s a quick affair at least.
Get out some important targets and get out but that’s questionable.
DanTheMan93 on
>State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Israel informed the U.S. about the raids, which he said were described as “limited operations focused on Hezbollah infrastructure near the border.”
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>The sounds of airstrikes were heard throughout Beirut and smoke rose from the capital’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, shortly after Israel ordered residents of three buildings to evacuate.
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>There were no reports of direct clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants, who last engaged in ground combat on Lebanese soil during a monthlong war in 2006.
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>But a Western diplomat in Cairo whose country is directly involved in de-escalation efforts said an Israeli ground operation in Lebanon is “imminent.” The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said Israel had shared its plans with the U.S. and other Western allies, and conveyed the operation will “be limited.”
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>Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire almost every day since the war in Gaza began, displacing tens of thousands of people in Israel and Lebanon. Israel says it will continue to strike Hezbollah until it is safe for families to return to their homes near the Lebanon border. Hezbollah has promised to keep firing rockets into Israel until there is a cease-fire in Gaza.
There’s no way that Hezbollah is gonna come out of this with any kind of continued capability. Not after their entire leadership was taken out in a week, and certainly not after Lebanese people have [turned on them en masse](https://www.newsweek.com/why-arab-street-celebrating-israels-killing-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah-opinion-1960901). With any luck, this will be the opportunity for Lebanon and northern Israel to free themselves from the Islamic “Republic” that’s been terrorizing the levant for decades
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Makes sense with the rumored withdrawl of UNIFIL and the Lebanese army
looking for tunnels is my guess
This is probably IDF Special Forces and light infantry supporting the Samoor (“weasel”) company to identify and destroy hidden weapons caches and tunnels, as part of the Yahalom Special Operations Engineering Unit of the IDF Engineering Corps.
This is a logical progression from the precision air strikes this past week.
I hope it’s a quick affair at least.
Get out some important targets and get out but that’s questionable.
>State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Israel informed the U.S. about the raids, which he said were described as “limited operations focused on Hezbollah infrastructure near the border.”
>
>The sounds of airstrikes were heard throughout Beirut and smoke rose from the capital’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, shortly after Israel ordered residents of three buildings to evacuate.
>
>There were no reports of direct clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants, who last engaged in ground combat on Lebanese soil during a monthlong war in 2006.
>
>But a Western diplomat in Cairo whose country is directly involved in de-escalation efforts said an Israeli ground operation in Lebanon is “imminent.” The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said Israel had shared its plans with the U.S. and other Western allies, and conveyed the operation will “be limited.”
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>Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire almost every day since the war in Gaza began, displacing tens of thousands of people in Israel and Lebanon. Israel says it will continue to strike Hezbollah until it is safe for families to return to their homes near the Lebanon border. Hezbollah has promised to keep firing rockets into Israel until there is a cease-fire in Gaza.
There’s no way that Hezbollah is gonna come out of this with any kind of continued capability. Not after their entire leadership was taken out in a week, and certainly not after Lebanese people have [turned on them en masse](https://www.newsweek.com/why-arab-street-celebrating-israels-killing-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah-opinion-1960901). With any luck, this will be the opportunity for Lebanon and northern Israel to free themselves from the Islamic “Republic” that’s been terrorizing the levant for decades