Israel’s Genocide in Gaza | 2023- till present

[Unknowntruth]

According to your standard, who is standing with Palestine?

As a Palestinian, I am grateful for Iran and Hezbollah standing with the Palestinian resistance. In that same breath, I cannot support a dictator whose family has imprisoned and massacred many of his own people. Support for the resistance should not come at the expense of the Syrian people who really have suffered under Assad. His family were tyrants and massacred people long before the Syrian revolution.

Bashar should have stepped down and had a transitional government to steer Syria in the right direction. Instead, in his desperate cling to power, he thought he could just get rid of his opposition. This time, the Syrian people would not waver.

We can only hope that the Syrian people can mend their differences and rebuilt a prosperous Syria. Hopefully a deal can be made where the weapons pipeline to resistance groups can be maintained.

 

[Aziqbal]

As a Palestinian, I am grateful for Iran and Hezbollah standing with the Palestinian resistance. In that same breath, I cannot support a dictator whose family has imprisoned and massacred many of his own people. Support for the resistance should not come at the expense of the Syrian people who really have suffered under Assad. His family were tyrants and massacred people long before the Syrian revolution.

Bashar should have stepped down and had a transitional government to steer Syria in the right direction. Instead, in his desperate cling to power, he thought he could just get rid of his opposition. This time, the Syrian people would not waver.

We can only hope that the Syrian people can mend their differences and rebuilt a prosperous Syria. Hopefully a deal can be made where the weapons pipeline to resistance groups can be maintained.

And now we hear Israel is advancing on Damascus ?

 

[Unknowntruth]

And now we hear Israel is advancing on Damascus ?

That remains to be seen, it’s time for Syrians to defend their homeland now so they need to consolidate and make Syria whole.

It’s unfortunate that this situation made the axis of resistance weak. This was the Syrian people’s choice and I can respect the will of the people.

I just wish Bashar made a deal to leave power and left a route for the resistance.

Bashars regime was barely functioning, if Israel wanted to attack Syria, you think he could have prevented it? Israel wanted a divided weak Syria and this is what it got with the civil war. Nearly 14 years of war destroyed Syria and made it weak.

 

[Meengla]

If so, that is a very S.L.O.W... project. Took twice the time it took for U.S. to go from Kennedy's dream to landing a man on moon.

It’s unfortunate that this situation made the axis of resistance weak. This was the Syrian people’s choice and I can respect the will of the people.

Bashars regime was barely functioning, if Israel wanted to attack Syria, you think he could have prevented it? Israel wanted a divided weak Syria and this is what it got with the civil war. Nearly 14 years of war destroyed Syria and made it weak.

Firstly, I don't know why people don't understand: Assad regime was simply not in a position to do much against Israel when it couldn't even counter the militias effectively. And Assad's toppling would be okay had it been purely an internal Syrian uprising. But anything which Israel backed has to be seen with great suspicion. What will it take for people to see that what we call the Syrian 'freedom fighters' or 'liberators' will turn upon each other with the same or even greater brutality than Assad did? Kabul 1992-1996, anyone!!??
As to Assad remained in power for so long after 2006: His game was probably over in 2015 until a forceful Russian, Iranian, Hezbollah involvement reversed his losses. If the question is why now, then the answer is not hard: Both Russia and Hezbollah are not the same potent force that they were less than 3 years ago and Iran too is in some kind of strategic thinking different from before.

Look at this snake Netanyahu already eyeing the entire Golan Heights and beyond! His glee is in plain sight. Will he allow the so-called Free Syrians to regroup and mount a threat if they even manage to unite??!!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/israel-assad-syria.html

For the past year, Israel’s allies and enemies have pressed the Israeli military to limit its attacks on Iran and its partners in Lebanon and Syria, hoping to avoid a regional escalation.

Israel forged ahead regardless, intent on weakening the Iran-led axis. It bombarded Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militia; launched its first open assaults on Iran; and regularly struck Syria, seeking to block the routes by which Iran sent arms to Hezbollah.

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, a longtime ally of Iran, is seen in Israel as the crowning consequence of that yearlong campaign against Iran and its interests, even if it is also tinged with uncertainty about what comes next.

Without Israel’s blows against Hezbollah and Iran, Israeli analysts and leaders say, Syria’s rebels might not have dared revive their rebellion against Mr. al-Assad. And Iran and Hezbollah, which had propped up his regime for a decade, might have been better placed to save him.

Mr. al-Assad’s collapse “is the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran, Assad’s main supporters,” said Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, as he toured the Golan Heights on Sunday, a territory that Israel captured from Syria during the Arab-Israeli war of 1967.

“It set off a chain reaction of all those who want to free themselves from this tyranny and its oppression,” Mr. Netanyahu said.

 

[Meengla]

@Meengla @UKBengali

I also want to make one thing clear: while I see events differently, I do pray things go well for Syria, but as usual, time will tell.

I think your sentiments about Syria and that region are widely shared by all here: Peace and prosperity. But I don't think as long as Israel is a tool to blackmail and destabilize that region, longterm peace and prosperity is possible.
Assad's chapter is over and time will tell if/when the new regime is going to be a united one and if/when it will try to take at least the Golan Heights back. As I see it, while happy to see Assad gone, the Americans have already started to bomb some of the rebels and military sites in Syria and Israel has shown concerns about aspects of the new regime. That only points toward a desire for continued mayhem in Syria as the ideal path forward or a united, peaceful Syria as Jordan 2.

 

[StormOfTruth]

The major operations carried out by the Palestinian resistance groups on Sunday, December 8, are as follows:

Al-Qassam Brigades’ operations:

• Targeted a "Merkava 4" tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell in the Al-Daq'a neighborhood near Al-Fakhoura in Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
• Ambushed an Israeli engineering force consisting of an armored personnel carrier and a Merkava tank near the university intersection in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip and targeted them with two Al-Yassin 105 shells and a Shuath explosive device.
• Targeted and destroyed an Israeli military personnel carrier with a "Shuath" explosive device in the vicinity of the university in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
• During a complex ambush, targeted three Merkava 4 tanks with Al-Yassin 105 shells and an infantry force of 7 soldiers who had barricaded in a house with a TBG shell, in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
• Targeted a D9 military bulldozer with a tandem shell near the Abed junction in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.

Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces’ operations:

• In a joint operation with the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles in the "Netzarim" axis with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades’ operations:

• Targeted an advanced Israeli infantry force with two anti-personnel explosives east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
• Detonated two anti-tank explosive devices on an Israeli personnel carrier in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
• Targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood, east of Rafah city, with heavy mortar shells.
• Sniped an Israeli soldier in Saddam Street in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces storming Balata camp in the city of Nablus, occupied West Bank, using machine guns and explosive devices.

Al-Quds Brigades’ operations:

• Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles that had penetrated the vicinity of "Al-Shaer Mall" in the Al-Jeneina neighborhood east of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
• Downed a drone of the type (EVOMAX) while it was dropping bombs on citizens' homes in the northern Gaza Strip.
• Confronted Israeli forces storming the combat axes in Balata camp in the city of Nablus, occupied West Bank, and are targeting them with a heavy barrage of bullets and explosive devices

Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades’ operations:

• In a joint operation with the Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces, targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Netzarim" axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.

Mujahideen Brigades’ operations:

• Targeted a command and control headquarters of the Israeli military in the Netzarim axis with a barrage of Hasib 111 rockets.

 

[Falcon29]

Officially

The Israeli army announces the killing of 3 soldiers when the resistance detonated an Israeli truck carrying explosives in Jabalia.

Thank you to the resistance fighter who fired the shell.

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[Falcon29]

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The Israeli army announces the killing of 3 soldiers when the resistance detonated an Israeli truck carrying explosives in Jabalia.

Thank you to the resistance fighter who fired the shell.

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Jabalia is entirely levelled. And almost all of northern Gaza. But Hamas and PIJ are still able to organize attacks against the Israeli occupation forces.

And to me it seems they're inflicting more casualties on the enemy now than in the beginning of the invasion of these parts of northern Gaza. Despite not having organized battalions like previously. Gaza guerilla warfare is proving effective. Much more than deadly than pre-2005 periods. Israel will struggle to occupy Gaza.

 

[ResurgentIran2]

Imo only Iran, Hezbollah, and Yemen have done anything for Palestine. Assad did nothing. He did not fight Israel and did not stop weapons going to Lebanon. If being neutral is all it takes to help Palestine that is a very low bar. Being neutral is not enough to excuse the thousands of murders and tortures his regime committed.

If we pretend Israel personally sponsored and supported the rebels I would still be okay with this. There are many cases in history where a group starts as an ally and then becomes an enemy. Just like Taliban and USA, or USA love for Greta Thunberg who now goes against the Zionist media.

There is also no reason to believe the new controllers of Syria will prevent weapons to travel to Hezbollah. Iran still controls Iraq which is much better for them than when Saddam was still in power.

But letting weapons flow to Lebanon was still something!
Now that chapter is gone. The rebels will not allow the rearmament of Hezbollah through Syria land corridor.
So all in all, this is a net loss. And indeed it is the undoing of the axis.
I understand Palestinians sentiments toward Assad and celebrating the end of his regime. But on a purely strategic macro level, the Palestinian cause have been set back, the extent of which I dont think we will be able to understand until time has passed. I may be wrong on this, time will tell.
But the October 7th attack was an Israeli defeat up to this point. I cant really say that anymore. I think Israel has won.

Iran will need to reexamine its role. They have been severely reduced regionally. We may see Iran shifting focus and giving up on a lot of things once Trump comes into power. The nuclear program being one of them, but also scaling back support significantly for various militias in ME.

 

[ResurgentIran2]

Jabalia is entirely levelled. And almost all of northern Gaza. But Hamas and PIJ are still able to organize attacks against the Israeli occupation forces.

And to me it seems they're inflicting more casualties on the enemy now than in the beginning of the invasion of these parts of northern Gaza. Despite not having organized battalions like previously. Gaza guerilla warfare is proving effective. Much more than deadly than pre-2005 periods. Israel will struggle to occupy Gaza.

All the power and my deepest admiration to Palestinians in Gaza. These brave souls take the meaning of resistance to a new height.

 

[Falcon29]

But letting weapons flow to Lebanon was still something!
Now that chapter is gone. The rebels will not allow the rearmament of Hezbollah through Syria land corridor.
So all in all, this is a net loss. And indeed it is the undoing of the axis.
I understand Palestinians sentiments toward Assad and celebrating the end of his regime. But on a purely strategic macro level, the Palestinian cause have been set back, the extent of which I dont think we will be able to understand until time has passed. I may be wrong on this, time will tell.
But the October 7th attack was an Israeli defeat up to this point. I cant really say that anymore. I think Israel has won.

Iran will need to reexamine its role. They have been severely reduced regionally. We may see Iran shifting focus and giving up on a lot of things once Trump comes into power. The nuclear program being one of them, but also scaling back support significantly for various militias in ME.

I think we have to be realistic as a people (Middle Easterners). This includes Palestinains. Palestinians need to shift strategy and more unify it. They have to act within their means and understand and accept reality. The region is not coming to fight for us. Not Iran, not Saudis, Lebanese nor Syrians.

Iran is going to learn from this experience and Hezbollah too. Hezbollah found out that Israel has been preparing for a war on Lebanon for a long time. Hezbollah found out where it is compromised. Hezbollah discovered many weaknesses it didn't suspect would be there due to having not fought in a long time. Now they will improve in military tactics and efficiency against Israel. Israel was prepared because it never stops fighting. Which is valuable for your military as it keeps adapting and improving. Hezbollah has to adapt because even without their involvement (let's say they never opened a front), Israel would shift attention and military posture towards them due to Gaza falling.

Iran saw potential of what multiple fronts can do. These fronts weren't intended to aid Gaza because no one was expecting such a massive assault on Gaza that required intervention. But now you can see that Yemen-Iraq-Lebanon can serve daul purposes for Iran but that costs lots of money. Iraq itself can be a effective front against Israel for a temporary period until Hezbollah rehabilitates itself.

Also had this not happened, Iran would remain in strategic patience mode.

I don't think Syria's end result had anything to do with Toofan Al Aqsa. It appears to be more related to other factors like Russia's war in Ukraine, Iran reapproachment with Saudis/UAE, Assad reapproachment and desire to leave power, and negotiations between Turkey - Iran - Russia - Qatar. There was Hezbollah and other forces there but all were told to stand down and withdrew.

 

[Meengla]

But letting weapons flow to Lebanon was still something!
Now that chapter is gone. The rebels will not allow the rearmament of Hezbollah through Syria land corridor.
So all in all, this is a net loss. And indeed it is the undoing of the axis.
I understand Palestinians sentiments toward Assad and celebrating the end of his regime. But on a purely strategic macro level, the Palestinian cause have been set back, the extent of which I dont think we will be able to understand until time has passed. I may be wrong on this, time will tell.
But the October 7th attack was an Israeli defeat up to this point. I cant really say that anymore. I think Israel has won.
Iran will need to reexamine its role. They have been severely reduced regionally. We may see Iran shifting focus and giving up on a lot of things once Trump comes into power. The nuclear program being one of them, but also scaling back support significantly for various militias in ME.

Sadly, I have to agree with your entire post though I am still hoping there is something good coming out of the Fall of the Assad regime.
Israel has won but more than that NATO has won and Iran is on the retreat as well as the Russians but in case of the Russians, I had often said that Big Power makes secret deals and so who knows Americans conceded much on Ukraine to get Syria?
The fact is that America is the most powerful country in the world in economic and military matters especially when combined with its allies. Assad had fledgling support from Iran and Russia but the odds were already heavily stacked against Assad: It was not just NATO, it was the GCC Arabs, the Turks along with the internal dissenters. Just saw part of an Alastair Crooke video where he said the Syrian soldiers were getting $7 a month while the rebel soldiers were getting $400 a month. So the wads of cash the Americans/the GCC Arabs had were too much on top of the NATO resources and the Israeli resources.
In the end, the Laws of Physics prevail regardless of where. And if 'Palestine' is finished as a viable sovereign nation in our lifetime then beaware of the short sighted, the ethnic bigoted, the self serving rulers and the average bloggers in the blogspace like this. No need to go back to the so-called Ottoman betrayal by the Arabs: This has unfolded in front of our eyes.

 

[ResurgentIran2]

I think we have to be realistic as a people (Middle Easterners). This includes Palestinains. Palestinians need to shift strategy and more unify it. They have to act within their means and understand and accept reality. The region is not coming to fight for us. Not Iran, not Saudis, Lebanese nor Syrians.

Iran is going to learn from this experience and Hezbollah too. Hezbollah found out that Israel has been preparing for a war on Lebanon for a long time. Hezbollah found out where it is compromised. Hezbollah discovered many weaknesses it didn't suspect would be there due to having not fought in a long time. Now they will improve in military tactics and efficiency against Israel. Israel was prepared because it never stops fighting. Which is valuable for your military as it keeps adapting and improving. Hezbollah has to adapt because even without their involvement (let's say they never opened a front), Israel would shift attention and military posture towards them due to Gaza falling.

Iran saw potential of what multiple fronts can do. These fronts weren't intended to aid Gaza because no one was expecting such a massive assault on Gaza that required intervention. But now you can see that Yemen-Iraq-Lebanon can serve daul purposes for Iran but that costs lots of money. Iraq itself can be a effective front against Israel for a temporary period until Hezbollah rehabilitates itself.

Also had this not happened, Iran would remain in strategic patience mode.

I don't think Syria's end result had anything to do with Toofan Al Aqsa. It appears to be more related to other factors like Russia's war in Ukraine, Iran reapproachment with Saudis/UAE, Assad reapproachment and desire to leave power, and negotiations between Turkey - Iran - Russia - Qatar. There was Hezbollah and other forces there but all were told to stand down and withdrew.

Interesting take, I appreciate your thoughtful reply.

You are right, Palestinians by and large have resisted through their resourcefulness. I mean there is no land corridor connecting Iran or other members of resistance to Gaza..

As for Syria, part of me is also just glad that Assad is finally desposed of. In the retrospective lens, Assad was a major liability. Partly because he and his generals were inept, incompetent and corrupt.
He was also a reliability on the account of him being a minority sect ruling over a majority. Iran discredited itself when they propped up his regime in the syrian war. I think mostly it was on strategic grounds, and not religious/ideological one. I know many will strongly disagree with this and thats fine. Anyway, its over and done with.

But its at least good that Iran cut their losses now and realigned with the new reality.
Who knows, maybe Iran can reenter the Syrian arena and establish a relationship with the new government and cooperate strategically in Lebanese and Palestinian arena. I doubt the other side will want to do that for the foreseeable future, but in time it could happen if Syria can pull itself together and does not descend into Libya/Sudan-style chaos. Despite everything that has transpired, we still have a common enemy. For a period we saw a unification of Shia/Sunni to combat this common enemy.

 

[UKBengali]

Interesting take, I appreciate your thoughtful reply.

You are right, Palestinians by and large have resisted through their resourcefulness. I mean there is no land corridor connecting Iran or other members of resistance to Gaza..

As for Syria, part of me is also just glad that Assad is finally desposed of. In the retrospective lens, Assad was a major liability. Partly because he and his generals were inept, incompetent and corrupt.
I know some may not believe this but he was also a reliability on the account of him being a minority sect ruling over a majority. Iran discredited itself when they propped up his regime in the syrian war. I think mostly it was on strategic grounds, and not religious/ideological one. I know many will strongly disagree with this and thats fine. Anyway, its over and done with.

But its at least good that Iran cut their losses now and realigned with the new reality.
Who knows, maybe Iran can reenter the Syrian arena and establish a relationship with the new government and cooperate strategically in Lebanese and Panestinian arena. I doubt the other side will want to do that for the foreseeable future, but in time it could happen if Syria can pull itself together and does not descend into Libya/Sudan-style chaos. Despite everything that has transpired, we still have a common enemy. For a period we saw a unification of Shia/Sunni to combat this common enemy.

Bro, I fear that Syria is totally lost now.

There will not be a single Syrian government for at least many years if not decades.

Zio-US will create a powerful Syrian/Iraqi Kurdish "federation" that will be one of the wealthiest in the region simply due to the fact that they will be able to sell the oil that sits on the land.

Zionist entity has pretty much levelled all Syrian air defences already(SAMs and aircraft) and so any government in Damascus will be totally helpless as the entity could do to them what they did to Nasrallah in Beirut.

Assad was able to allow the supply line as he had some decent air defences which meant that 2000lb bombs could not be dropped on his head at any time.

Unless there is a miracle Syria is lost totally to the resistance for now.

 

[The SC]

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