Israel’s Genocide in Gaza | 2023- till present

[UKBengali]

Israel is gonna use from 150,000 to 200,000 fighters. Hezbullah being technologically disadvantaged, need to significant increase their forces to counter the tech advantage.

Well the latest reports speak of a "limited" move into Lebanon not on the scale of the failed 2006 invasion.

That does not suggest anywhere near 150,000-200,000 armed Zionist terrorists will be required.

I think in 2006 Hezbollah was fighting with just 2000 troops and lost around 1/4 of them, mainly due to air strikes. In ground to ground combat, Hezbollah proved its superiority.

 

[Dalit]

Well Pak also got billions and billions over the decades. Using your logic Pak should be top technological power in the subcontinent. Let's not go there for an assessment.

Point is that some states are so well run that whathever comes to them, they use it to develop and become stronger. Others are venal, disorganized and have no concept of the common good. Hamas / Hizbulla etc. have belonged to the latter group. They won't become great technology superpower even if you give them billions.

If the money that Pak received was actually used for technological purposes it would have benefitted. We all know where that money ended up. Let's not begin this discussion because every side has their counter argument.

Israel not only gets uninterrupted monetary support. It also receives massive weapons supply. There is no other country on the planet that gets as much unconditional support as Israel. India of course comes at number 2 due to Israeli lobbying in Western capitals.

 

[Persian Gulf]

Are those impacts of Iranian weapons or zionist fire crackers in celebration of Nasrallah's death?

Hezbollah weapons.

 

[Nuffle]

At this point, Iran should be flooding South Lebanon with volunteer fighters from Syria, armed with ATGMs.

I doubt it though.

I honestly believe this should have been done when Hezbollah entered the fray last year and Israel was bogged down in Gaza. If they really didn't expect Israel to react against Hezbollah, then that's not a failure but a stupidity.

 

[Dalit]

I honestly believe this should have been done when Hezbollah entered the fray last year and Israel was bogged down in Gaza. If they really didn't expect Israel to react against Hezbollah, then that's not a failure but a stupidity.

Too little too late I guess. Let's just sit back and watch exactly what happened in Gaza.

 

[last-soul]

Well the latest reports speak of a "limited" move into Lebanon not on the scale of the failed 2006 invasion.

That does not suggest anywhere near 150,000-200,000 armed Zionist terrorists will be required.

I think in 2006 Hezbollah was fighting with just 2000 troops and lost around 1/4 of them, mainly due to air strikes. In ground to ground combat, Hezbollah proved its superiority.

If they go in with less troops, they'll be slaughtered like no tomorrow. They won't make this mistake. Either full on invasion, or none.

Going half hearted - is exactly what HB would like. It'll be to their advantage and will be easy pickings!

 

[Nuffle]

Too little too late I guess. Let's just sit back and watch exactly what happened in Gaza.

Exactly. Now we just have to wait and see what will happen with this ground war. In theory, it would be more advantageous for Hezbollah, but I certainly argue that the IDF has certainly assessed what went wrong in 2006 and developed new ways of fighting. Furthermore, the IDF did some simulations a few weeks ago. We'll see.

 

[Beast89]

I don't think that is required as Hezbollah has ample fighters equipped with ATGMs and heavy mortars dug into the hills and forests of South Lebanon.

It is interesting that the entity is going for a more limited operation than in 2006 and it seems their objective is not even the Litani River. This would suggest that they truly fear being cooked alive by modern Hezbollah ATGMs. They have nothing that will protect them from Hezbollah ATGMs like Almas that can fire in "dual missile mode" to defeat active protection systems like Trophy.

No its a lie, nothing is limited, they are lying. If it becomes too difficult they will pull out and say objective complete and hence limited. Its all about shaping the narrative.

 

[That_Guy]

I honestly believe this should have been done when Hezbollah entered the fray last year and Israel was bogged down in Gaza. If they really didn't expect Israel to react against Hezbollah, then that's not a failure but a stupidity.

It's 100% stupidity. Israel had been saying since October 7th that after they're done with Gaza, they'll turn their guns to Hezbullah.

Hezbullah and especially Iran should have expected this, but instead they expected Israel's known lying allies to keep their word.

Their naivety and stupidity cause this to happen.

The fact that Halezbullah still isn't shooting st the armored formations on the border is evidence that they STILL think Israel is bluffing.

Buffoonery

 

[Al-Zakir]

The Jews returned to their home after 2,000 years -

Original Jewish people never left Pelistin. They are part of the land mass and they look llike Pelistini people. No one has issue with them.

These Eastern European Caucasians invaders occupying Pelistin are not original Jewish (yahoodi) people. They are either converted or hijacked Jewish relign.

 

[Nuffle]

It's 100% stupidity. Israel had been saying since October 7th that after they're done with Gaza, they'll turn their guns to Hezbullah.

Hezbullah and especially Iran should have expected this, but instead they expected Israel's known lying allies to keep their word.

Their naivety and stupidity cause this to happen.

The fact that Halezbullah still isn't shooting st the armored formations on the border is evidence that they STILL think Israel is bluffing.

Buffoonery

We even have pro-Israel articles stating that Hezbollah should have acted after October 7:

Hassan Nasrallah’s Critical Mistakes since October 7, 2023

Nasrallah miscalculated Israel’s human and military assets - Hassan Nasrallah’s Critical Mistakes since October 7, 2023

jcpa.org

Failure to Act on October 7​

Nasrallah’s first major error occurred on the war’s first day, October 7, 2023. He failed to order the “Radwan” forces, stationed on the Israeli border, to invade northern Israel and seize the Galilee region. This could have occurred simultaneously with Hamas’s attack on settlements near the Gaza border. These forces had been training for years for such an operation and were combat-ready, but the order never came.

This missed opportunity could have allowed Hizbullah to score a significant victory over Israel. At the time, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) presence on the Lebanon border was thin, and Hizbullah could have relatively easily occupied parts of the Galilee and captured Israeli settlements and military bases.

Sources suggest that Nasrallah was not informed by Yahya Sinwar of the exact timing of Hamas’s “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation. While he was aware of Hamas’ broader intentions, the lack of precise information left him unprepared.

By the time he recovered from the surprise, the IDF had reinforced its positions on the northern border, and Hizbullah lost the element of surprise.

Furthermore, if they were really interested in actually opening the northern front, the rocket attacks could have been better exploited to overwhelm Iron Dome, because Israel was facing thousands of Hamas rockets in the first days, if Hezbollah had effectively entered, it would have completely overwhelmed Iron Dome, ruling out here the hypothesis of an eventual American intervention, but certainly Israel would have been in its worst position.

 

[Nuffle]

Hoje no Mundo Militar - Canal

Fontes locais no Líbano estão informando que Israel iniciou uma forte barragem de fogo de artilharia contra diversas posições do Hezbollah no sul do Líbano. Alguns referem que blindados e veículos de transporte israelense estão se movendo em direção à fronteira libanesa.

t.me

Local sources in Lebanon are reporting that Israel has launched a heavy artillery barrage against several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. Some report that Israeli armored vehicles and transport vehicles are moving towards the Lebanese border.

 

[Dalit]

Exactly. Now we just have to wait and see what will happen with this ground war. In theory, it would be more advantageous for Hezbollah, but I certainly argue that the IDF has certainly assessed what went wrong in 2006 and developed new ways of fighting. Furthermore, the IDF did some simulations a few weeks ago. We'll see.

The Americans are advising the Israelis. They will advice Israel to weaken Hezbollah as much as possible through aerial bombardment. Only after weakening significantly to go in for ground operation. Remember that the Americans did the same in Gaza.

 

[UKBengali]

If they go in with less troops, they'll be slaughtered like no tomorrow. They won't make this mistake. Either full on invasion, or none.

Going half hearted - is exactly what HB would like. It'll be to their advantage and will be easy pickings!

Let us wait and see but the more armed Zionist troops then the more that HB will be able to slaughter.

At this moment there is no indication that there are more than some low 10s of thousands massing on the Lebanon border.

Hezbollah have the terrain and the weapons to cook thousands of Zionists to death. Hamas unfortunately simply did not have the ATGMs and heavy mortars to get the job done themselves.

 

[Solomon2]

Naim Qassem speech:

We will not budge an inch from our position in supporting Gaza and Palestine and defending Lebanon and its people.

Our military capabilities are strong and great, and the enemy has not reached them.

All that we went through from pagers, the testimony of leaders, and the testimony of the great leader would have shaken armies, but we continued and we are continuing with the sacrifices.

Israel's dream of destroying missiles has not and will not reach it.

Hezbollah’s deputy leader, sweating, says group ready to face potential IDF ground op​

Looking uncomfortable in recorded speech, the first by Hezbollah official since Israel killed Nasrallah, Naim Qassem says new leader to be named soon, fallen commanders replaceable​

By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies Today, 1:59 pm


Sheikh Naim Qassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, gives first speech since the killing of Hassan Nasrallah on September 30, 2024. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Monday that his organization is ready for any potential ground operation by Israeli troops, in the first speech by an official of the terror group since its leader was killed.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated on Friday by Israel, the climax of a series of airstrikes over the week that eliminated much of the terror group’s command structure.

“We will face any possibility and we are ready if the Israelis decide to enter by land and the resistance forces are ready for a ground engagement,” Qassem said in prerecorded remarks.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Israeli special forces have already launched small raids into Lebanon in recent months, including sending troops into Hezbollah tunnels along the border ahead of a wider offensive.

“Despite the losses of its commanders, the attacks against civilians throughout Lebanon, and great sacrifices, we will not budge from our position,” Qassem said in a speech from an undisclosed location in Beirut. “We will continue to support Gaza and to defend Lebanon.”

Qassem, who appeared to be sweating profusely throughout his speech, asserted that Hezbollah will continue in the footsteps of Nasrallah, who led it since 1992.


Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s most senior military commander (left), who was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on July 30, 2024, is seen with Hassan Nasrallah (right) in an undated photo. (Hezbollah media office)

He said the terror group is continuing its operations, working according to plans already laid out, and described its attacks on Israel thus far as the “minimum.” He added that while the battle could be long, Hezbollah is confident that Israel will not achieve its aims.

Qassem eulogized Nasrallah for his leadership, and his popularity with the masses, and said that Hezbollah has already proven its determination to continue fighting, by firing rockets on Haifa and on the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim, an attack that the terror group had previously not claimed and that according to Qassem, sent a million people into bomb shelters.

He also said Hezbollah will elect a new secretary-general as soon as possible, using an internal process, highlighting that for every commander and every official, there are replacements.

Alongside Nasrallah, more than 20 Hezbollah operatives were killed in the massive airstrike in Beirut, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday, including Ali Karaki, the commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and several of the terror leader’s advisers.

It is expected that Hashem Safieddine, Nasrallah’s cousin and head of Hezbollah’s executive council, will be picked as the new leader.

Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza during the war there.

Since Israel escalated its airstrikes against Hezbollah on Monday, more than 630 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry. Thousands of pagers detonated on their Hezbollah owners last week, putting a reported 1,500 fighters from the terror group out of commission, in an attack blamed on Israel.

Israel has said it targeted homes in which Hezbollah emplaced missiles and rockets, having urged residents to flee. It says that many Hezbollah operatives are among the dead. Numerous senior Hezbollah commanders have been killed, as well as leaders of the group’s elite Radwan Force, which Israel says was planning an invasion of the Galilee.

At least a quarter of those killed have been women and children, according to Lebanese health officials, whose figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Israel has said that many Hezbollah operatives are among the dead.