Lebanon-Israel War | 2023-present

[Falcon29]

Looks like Hezbollah has accepted their fate. They have given up hope and have lost the will to fight anymore. Its better to give in into lebanese government demand and save precious young lives. In one year sincr ceasefire, israil has killed more than 200 hzb operatives in their homes and vehicles, while they havent fired a single bullet. What sort of ceasefire is this? What a tragic end to one of the bravest and lethal resistance force on Earth.

They are brave but let's be real Middle Easterners in general are brave. Westerners for example would not sign up for such lopsided fate and are more fearful of dying young.

They are certainly not the most lethal resistance force in the world. Best to get out of our echo chambers. There are many more effective forces around the world if you look beyond the middle east. The forces in the middle east are just more risk averse and ideologically driven then non-middle eastern non-Muslim ones.

Hezbollah was in its best state when the Syrian army under Assad was backing them. They were trained by the Syrian army to an extent. Equipped, supplied, funded, established some supply routes for other sources of weaponry. Without Assad regime Hezbollah will naturally regress. Iran does not do much for them as much as Syria was. The loss of Syria was a big deal for them because they lost Syria, not a connection to Iran. Syrian intelligence was also helping them.

Nasrallah getting closer to Iran and them tag teaming up on Assad, gaining more authority over Syrian state of affairs, essentially cornering Assad and having him and Syrian army relinquish authority is what led to the first major regression for Hezbollah as Syrian state and leadership no longer trusted Hezbollah or sponsored them like before. Relationship become more transactional.

Iran didn't really have good leadership and not as much autonomy over AoR factions. Nasrallah is the one that decided to give Iran more autonomy over Hezbollah as a movement. But Hamas and others were doing their own thing and had their own visions. Maintained their own important relations across the region but asked for financial and military help. It worked out better for them and Iran. Whereas the factions looking up to Iranian leadership too much (Hezbollah and Iraqi factions) turned out to be least effective components of AoR.

 

[_Arabia_]

@Falcon29 not sure if you have read my two recent posts in this thread but in relation to your most recent post, we also have to remember one key thing. Nobody in the region operates in a vacuum.

Hezbollah's downfall began when they interfered in Syria on behalf of the Al-Assad regime - committing untold crimes in the process, against Palestinian refugee camps in Syria as well and Palestinians. You cannot do that against your closest kin and get away with it with your reputation intact. A movement that branded itself as a movement against injustice, corruption, Muslim oppression and what not (hailmarks of "Islamist" groups) cannot do what they did.

That is not even including the geographical reality. They were/are largely confined to tiny South Lebanon. They are already bordering the Zionists directly and have had 40 + years of direct experience with what this entails. Other than that they are completely sourrended by Syria and Syrians. The same new Syria that has no love lost for them, with good reason as I wrote, and who are not going to come to their aid.

Who would have thought that we would reach such a situation? All this is due to Nasrallah being more Iranian regime than Lebanese Shia Arab and not seeing the wider picture. He thought that his patron (Iranian regime) was going to "rule the region" so he went all in instead of having a balanced regional policy and reaching out to Syrian opposition factions let alone other Arab states. He spent almost as much time criticizing KSA on behalf of the Iranian regime as he did criticize Israel. At times even more. Everyone saw it as well. Then the second KSA and Iran mended ties on paper, he stopped and changed his tune completely. This is not serious.

Hezbollah was never serious about fighting Israel either. It was always a defensive movement that somehow propaganda made out to be some large existential threat for Israel. Never the case. Even after the genocide in Gaza, Hezbollah did very little until they were attacked by Israel itself. Same thing in 2006 where they did not initiative the attack either. So what exactly was/is there purpose if not serve as another division within the Arab world that foreigners have implanted and keep alive?

As I wrote they should merge with the Lebanese state and army and the Lebanese state should reform their entire political system and make a strong unified state (if they want to and insist to exist as a separate state from Syria) where every sect and community is included. This would also prevent Israel from using the "terrorist" label against all of their opponents. But Hezbollah, rather than aiding the Lebanese state, is trying to sabotage it for years, in order to grow its own power. That is not even including their drug smuggling etc. which is completely against Islam. Why have we never seen such behavior from Hamas for instance? Not even the Zionists could come up with such nonsense because the entire world knows that there is no way that conservative Arab Muslims would engage in drug smuggling and drug trade.

Another for me totally obvious thing. Local Arab resistance groups/armed groups anchored in their geography, should never act on behalf of foreign powers against fellow Arabs anywhere. There is a reason why we have never seen Hamas fight abroad on behalf of any regime or even the Houthis (who I have no love for in relation to what they did to Yemen and Yemenis and their whole cult beliefs and doctrine but that is another discussion).

 

[kobra]

They are brave but let's be real Middle Easterners in general are brave. Westerners for example would not sign up for such lopsided fate and are more fearful of dying young.

They are certainly not the most lethal resistance force in the world. Best to get out of our echo chambers. There are many more effective forces around the world if you look beyond the middle east. The forces in the middle east are just more risk averse and ideologically driven then non-middle eastern non-Muslim ones.

Hezbollah was in its best state when the Syrian army under Assad was backing them. They were trained by the Syrian army to an extent. Equipped, supplied, funded, established some supply routes for other sources of weaponry. Without Assad regime Hezbollah will naturally regress. Iran does not do much for them as much as Syria was. The loss of Syria was a big deal for them because they lost Syria, not a connection to Iran. Syrian intelligence was also helping them.

Nasrallah getting closer to Iran and them tag teaming up on Assad, gaining more authority over Syrian state of affairs, essentially cornering Assad and having him and Syrian army relinquish authority is what led to the first major regression for Hezbollah as Syrian state and leadership no longer trusted Hezbollah or sponsored them like before. Relationship become more transactional.

Iran didn't really have good leadership and not as much autonomy over AoR factions. Nasrallah is the one that decided to give Iran more autonomy over Hezbollah as a movement. But Hamas and others were doing their own thing and had their own visions. Maintained their own important relations across the region but asked for financial and military help. It worked out better for them and Iran. Whereas the factions looking up to Iranian leadership too much (Hezbollah and Iraqi factions) turned out to be least effective components of AoR.

*One of the most.
Considering what israilis did with Arab states in its neighbour, and how they have become their bitches later, Hzb did pretty much good in last 2-3 decades. i dont need to mention events and attacks obviously you are aware of that.

Iran didnt have any good leadership. Lol.

 

[Falcon29]

@Falcon29 not sure if you have read my two recent posts in this thread but in relation to your most recent post, we also have to remember one key thing. Nobody in the region operates in a vacuum.

Hezbollah's downfall began when they interfered in Syria on behalf of the Al-Assad regime - committing untold crimes in the process, against Palestinian refugee camps in Syria as well and Palestinians. You cannot do that against your closest kin and get away with it with your reputation intact. A movement that branded itself as a movement against injustice, corruption, Muslim oppression and what not (hailmarks of "Islamist" groups) cannot do what they did.

That is not even including the geographical reality. They were/are largely confined to tiny South Lebanon. They are already bordering the Zionists directly and have had 40 + years of direct experience with what this entails. Other than that they are completely sourrended by Syria and Syrians. The same new Syria that has no love lost for them, with good reason as I wrote, and who are not going to come to their aid.

Who would have thought that we would reach such a situation? All this is due to Nasrallah being more Iranian regime than Lebanese Shia Arab and not seeing the wider picture. He thought that his patron (Iranian regime) was going to "rule the region" so he went all in instead of having a balanced regional policy and reaching out to Syrian opposition factions let alone other Arab states. He spent almost as much time criticizing KSA on behalf of the Iranian regime as he did criticize Israel. At times even more. Everyone saw it as well. Then the second KSA and Iran mended ties on paper, he stopped and changed his tune completely. This is not serious.

Hezbollah was never serious about fighting Israel either. It was always a defensive movement that somehow propaganda made out to be some large existential threat for Israel. Never the case. Even after the genocide in Gaza, Hezbollah did very little until they were attacked by Israel itself. Same thing in 2006 where they did not initiative the attack either. So what exactly was/is there purpose if not serve as another division within the Arab world that foreigners have implanted and keep alive?

As I wrote they should merge with the Lebanese state and army and the Lebanese state should reform their entire political system and make a strong unified state (if they want to and insist to exist as a separate state from Syria) where every sect and community is included. This would also prevent Israel from using the "terrorist" label against all of their opponents. But Hezbollah, rather than aiding the Lebanese state, is trying to sabotage it for years, in order to grow its own power. That is not even including their drug smuggling etc. which is completely against Islam. Why have we never seen such behavior from Hamas for instance? Not even the Zionists could come up with such nonsense because the entire world knows that there is no way that conservative Arab Muslims would engage in drug smuggling and drug trade.

Another for me totally obvious thing. Local Arab resistance groups/armed groups anchored in their geography, should never act on behalf of foreign powers against fellow Arabs anywhere. There is a reason why we have never seen Hamas fight abroad on behalf of any regime or even the Houthis (who I have no love for in relation to what they did to Yemen and Yemenis and their whole cult beliefs and doctrine but that is another discussion).

Sorry for late response. Yes there downfall began in Syria. Not to say they were only ones who made mistakes. I was not happy about Morsi was treated and believed he should have gotten a fair shot. And I'm not a Muslim brotherhood guy. I'm simply just not interested in Muslim brotherhood outlook on society/life, it's too elitist/cult like. But I did like the modern Egyptian MB. And what was done to them was brutal and unnecessary. Also Hamas as you know people like to say they're Muslim Brotherhood and that's fine as far as affiliation goes, but to us Palestinians they their own religious views and political ideology. So we like Hamas for being Hamas. Lots of people in Gaza respected the movement and it had lots of popular support. It's uniquely a Palestinian movement if that makes sense. Anyway my view on Islam is broad today and includes the entire Muslim community. Or the Jamamah. I wouldn't say I'm secular but I'm not Islamist and the Jamamah is the collective entire Muslim world, it's scholars, people, militaries, etc..... irrespective of what state we are in or what differences we have

I brought that up because that Arab spring time was a sensitive period where others than Hezbollah also cracked down on revolutions, and for Arab Shias the Iraq war got quite sectarian, with that shrine attacked and stuff. But I cannot give Hezbollah benefit of doubt in the sense they were worried about extremists, I don't believe there were extremists at the time on the rebels side and the ones that did later pop up fought the rebels. I know Syrians as a people have no interest in invading their neighbors or getting into regional conflicts.

THe issue became with Hezbollah's rhetoric about the conflict and others in region that made no sense. At that point I thought the leadership was genuinely stupid or severely misguided. And I didn't think they'd be useful in any future conflicts with Israel , and was right about that.

It seemed Imad Mughineyeh was a better leader for Hezbollah. Almost like the defacto military leader. Until he was mysteriously killed in Syria. I could not stand Nasrallah 's leadership and I'm not sure what he'd think about today's Syria if he was alive. But he did do one last right thing before he died, even if it was limited in scope.

Now I do hope Hezbollah turns a new page with Syrians, leaves them alone, and focuses on defense of Lebanon. How that looks is up to Lebanese people to decided whether they integrate into one army or not.

If Hezbollah goes back to old ways and keeps up incitement against new Syrian government then I'd lose any ounce of respect I had for them and they'd become irrelevant sooner or later.... Hopefully their leadership is more wise than that

 

[_Arabia_]

Sorry for late response. Yes there downfall began in Syria. Not to say they were only ones who made mistakes. I was not happy about Morsi was treated and believed he should have gotten a fair shot. And I'm not a Muslim brotherhood guy. I'm simply just not interested in Muslim brotherhood outlook on society/life, it's too elitist/cult like. But I did like the modern Egyptian MB. And what was done to them was brutal and unnecessary. Also Hamas as you know people like to say they're Muslim Brotherhood and that's fine as far as affiliation goes, but to us Palestinians they their own religious views and political ideology. So we like Hamas for being Hamas. Lots of people in Gaza respected the movement and it had lots of popular support. It's uniquely a Palestinian movement if that makes sense. Anyway my view on Islam is broad today and includes the entire Muslim community. Or the Jamamah. I wouldn't say I'm secular but I'm not Islamist and the Jamamah is the collective entire Muslim world, it's scholars, people, militaries, etc..... irrespective of what state we are in or what differences we have

I brought that up because that Arab spring time was a sensitive period where others than Hezbollah also cracked down on revolutions, and for Arab Shias the Iraq war got quite sectarian, with that shrine attacked and stuff. But I cannot give Hezbollah benefit of doubt in the sense they were worried about extremists, I don't believe there were extremists at the time on the rebels side and the ones that did later pop up fought the rebels. I know Syrians as a people have no interest in invading their neighbors or getting into regional conflicts.

THe issue became with Hezbollah's rhetoric about the conflict and others in region that made no sense. At that point I thought the leadership was genuinely stupid or severely misguided. And I didn't think they'd be useful in any future conflicts with Israel , and was right about that.

It seemed Imad Mughineyeh was a better leader for Hezbollah. Almost like the defacto military leader. Until he was mysteriously killed in Syria. I could not stand Nasrallah 's leadership and I'm not sure what he'd think about today's Syria if he was alive. But he did do one last right thing before he died, even if it was limited in scope.

Now I do hope Hezbollah turns a new page with Syrians, leaves them alone, and focuses on defense of Lebanon. How that looks is up to Lebanese people to decided whether they integrate into one army or not.

If Hezbollah goes back to old ways and keeps up incitement against new Syrian government then I'd lose any ounce of respect I had for them and they'd become irrelevant sooner or later.... Hopefully their leadership is more wise than that

No problem brother.

Everyone in the region has definitely committed mistakes - many at that too, not only Hezbollah. However their participation in Syria was really unfortunate and a huge mistake.

I think that Islam in the region (Arab world at least) is never going away and at its core most Arabs are socially conservative and believers to varying degrees. This component of the society (majority in most Arab states IMO) needs to be represented politically in Arab republics were there is secular rule on paper. For instance Egypt has been ruled by the military since the 1952 revolution that removed their monarchy. Egyptians are generally some of the most conservative and religious Arabs out there.

My personal belief is that each Arab society and country should decide their own faith. Where I draw the line is if we have regimes that are slaughtering their own people and generally combating Islam or being puppets/aided directly by our enemies.

I don't follow any particular political movement either or anything like that. I am just your regular Arab, on the conservative side in terms of religion and socially (nothing extreme - Islam if applied correctly ensures rights for almost everyone) that believes that Islam should retain its role in our society but that this does not prevent economic, scientific etc. progress at all. Obviously I am in favor of Arab political, economic, military etc. unity as well and for turning the Arab League into a EU-like movement. I would have nothing against some kind of Arab federation (if it would work in practice for the benefit of us all) or regional Arab unification projects and mergers so we could reduce the number of Arab countries from 22 to say half the number - for instance.

I have nothing against the MB either as you know. It is a local Egyptian political movement and in an ideal world they should be tolerated in Egypt. Or some kind of power-sharing agreement with the Egyptian military and the secular lot in Egypt. Anyway that is for Egyptians to decide.

However the problem in the Arab and Muslim world is that it is often either "my way or the highway" kind of logic which is the root cause of much of the ongoing trouble and conflict. This lack of ability of powersharing agreements.

As for Hezbollah, I too hope that they will reform and merge with the Lebanese state and that the Lebanese state itself leaves the foreign imposed sectarian system that is currently in place and that they reform completely economically and politically as it is a failed state currently. In an ideal world they would merge with Syria.

As for Nasrallah, he was a charismatic leader in many ways, an Arab nationalist in many ways too, with a love-hate relationship with KSA, but the catastrophic decision to aid the Al-Assad regime occurred under his watch. As well as completely toying the Iranian regime policy thinking that they were invincible. Little did he know that he and his patrons regional project would soon collapse in a permanent fashion.

I don't know if they are genuinely changing for the better in this regard (the new Hezbollah leadership) or it is due to them being desperate and in a very bad position and state (most likely) but their new statements regarding fellow Arab states and even outreach to KSA - was appreciated personally.

People do not realize this but KSA was also funneling support to Hezbollah in the 1980's and other Lebanese groups. Hezbollah can serve a purpose to limit the Zionists if ever rebuilt. Ideally as I wrote we would see the arrival of a strong Lebanese national state and military. After all states have national militaries for a reason. Even in small Gaza, if there were 10's of different militias with different patrons and different goals and beliefs, it would be a mess.

Any way it will be interesting to follow what will happen. KSA for instance has shared a lot of intelligence with the Lebanese state when it comes to captagon and drug production in Lebanon which has led to many anti-drug operations and entire gangs and drug facilities being busted and closed. This type of thing is a potential threat for the entire region. We would not want to see drug epidemics and what not in the Arab world like we have seen and see in the US.

 

[Persian Gulf]

Looks like Hezbollah has accepted their fate. They have given up hope and have lost the will to fight anymore. Its better to give in into lebanese government demand and save precious young lives. In one year sincr ceasefire, israil has killed more than 200 hzb operatives in their homes and vehicles, while they havent fired a single bullet. What sort of ceasefire is this? What a tragic end to one of the bravest and lethal resistance force on Earth.

how many Palestinians killed since ceasefire in Gaza? Has Hamas accepted their fate and given up hope?

they are weakened and adapting to new realities and don't want to give the savage enemy an excuse to slaughter even more civilians.

 

[Falcon29]

*One of the most.
Considering what israilis did with Arab states in its neighbour, and how they have become their bitches later, Hzb did pretty much good in last 2-3 decades. i dont need to mention events and attacks obviously you are aware of that.

Iran didnt have any good leadership. Lol.

They didn't really resist Israel for past two decades. 2006 went well because Israel overreacted, their armor wasn't protected (it is now with trophy systems ) , and they managed to hit an Israeli ship close to the shore. The Israeli AF and army have evolved tremendously since then and Hezbollah didn't. Hamas's regular engagements with the Israeli military enabled it to evolve, improve its tactics and command structure, and also get creative. That's why regular engagements are important for non-state actor groups. Simulation can be used as Hamas used simulation tools for training and was able to simulate military exercises but regular engagement is essential as Israel reveals something new each time.

Israeli Air Force can acquire and hit targets way more rapidly than it could in 2006. Which doesn't allow for room for Hezbollah operatives to move around and about, whilst also get to safety. The tactics didn't seem to evolve. And you can deduce from that they lack creativity, rely too much on foreign direction for even their tactics policy decision making.

Hezbollah and Hamas both had no solution for Israeli trophy system. Hamas implemented new tactics but with Israeli carpet bombing of Gaza it's not a fair assessment of Hamas's defensive tactics as block by block was getting wiped out. If it was a 'war' and not a genocide where Israel literally killed everyone and everything in Gaza, we would have been able to asses ground warfare tactics of Hamas better. But ultimately it is very difficult for non state actors to contend with modern 4th Gen tanks that have highly advanced active protection systems

The ones you call 'little btiches' are actually better equipped to deal with that

 

[Falcon29]

No problem brother.

Everyone in the region has definitely committed mistakes - many at that too, not only Hezbollah. However their participation in Syria was really unfortunate and a huge mistake.

I think that Islam in the region (Arab world at least) is never going away and at its core most Arabs are socially conservative and believers to varying degrees. This component of the society (majority in most Arab states IMO) needs to be represented politically in Arab republics were there is secular rule on paper. For instance Egypt has been ruled by the military since the 1952 revolution that removed their monarchy. Egyptians are generally some of the most conservative and religious Arabs out there.

My personal belief is that each Arab society and country should decide their own faith. Where I draw the line is if we have regimes that are slaughtering their own people and generally combating Islam or being puppets/aided directly by our enemies.

I don't follow any particular political movement either or anything like that. I am just your regular Arab, on the conservative side in terms of religion and socially (nothing extreme - Islam if applied correctly ensures rights for almost everyone) that believes that Islam should retain its role in our society but that this does not prevent economic, scientific etc. progress at all. Obviously I am in favor of Arab political, economic, military etc. unity as well and for turning the Arab League into a EU-like movement. I would have nothing against some kind of Arab federation (if it would work in practice for the benefit of us all) or regional Arab unification projects and mergers so we could reduce the number of Arab countries from 22 to say half the number - for instance.

I have nothing against the MB either as you know. It is a local Egyptian political movement and in an ideal world they should be tolerated in Egypt. Or some kind of power-sharing agreement with the Egyptian military and the secular lot in Egypt. Anyway that is for Egyptians to decide.

However the problem in the Arab and Muslim world is that it is often either "my way or the highway" kind of logic which is the root cause of much of the ongoing trouble and conflict. This lack of ability of powersharing agreements.

As for Hezbollah, I too hope that they will reform and merge with the Lebanese state and that the Lebanese state itself leaves the foreign imposed sectarian system that is currently in place and that they reform completely economically and politically as it is a failed state currently. In an ideal world they would merge with Syria.

As for Nasrallah, he was a charismatic leader in many ways, an Arab nationalist in many ways too, with a love-hate relationship with KSA, but the catastrophic decision to aid the Al-Assad regime occurred under his watch. As well as completely toying the Iranian regime policy thinking that they were invincible. Little did he know that he and his patrons regional project would soon collapse in a permanent fashion.

I don't know if they are genuinely changing for the better in this regard (the new Hezbollah leadership) or it is due to them being desperate and in a very bad position and state (most likely) but their new statements regarding fellow Arab states and even outreach to KSA - was appreciated personally.

People do not realize this but KSA was also funneling support to Hezbollah in the 1980's and other Lebanese groups. Hezbollah can serve a purpose to limit the Zionists if ever rebuilt. Ideally as I wrote we would see the arrival of a strong Lebanese national state and military. After all states have national militaries for a reason. Even in small Gaza, if there were 10's of different militias with different patrons and different goals and beliefs, it would be a mess.

Any way it will be interesting to follow what will happen. KSA for instance has shared a lot of intelligence with the Lebanese state when it comes to captagon and drug production in Lebanon which has led to many anti-drug operations and entire gangs and drug facilities being busted and closed. This type of thing is a potential threat for the entire region. We would not want to see drug epidemics and what not in the Arab world like we have seen and see in the US.

Agree on all points brother

To clarify about Islam, I'm absolutely pro-Islam and believe in it sincerely. What I mean is I can no longer get behind one sole movement/organization saying they know how to best implement Islam or guide Muslims based on their perspective of Islam for all Muslims and that we have to let one organization take charge and force their political/social ideology on everyone. Rather I believe they're a part of the collective Ummah and contribute.

Like you said which I agree with , every nation has their school of thought and maybe even a movement or two that guide their perspectives on Islam, society, politics. I like all of them and believe together they form the collective Ummah. And in the end they are not that different. But I also respect their differences. I'm a Sha'fieee school of thought Sunni Muslim for example and if you dig in there are differences between other Sunni Muslims around the world or even in the Arab world only, but we are truly not that different. Politically/socially I'm more aligned with Hamas's views/perspectives on society and how to implement Islam in society. At least for my people/nation. Saudis have their perspectives too, they know their people best, and I also love a lot about the Saudi Islamic approach and learned a lot from Saudi people and scholars, but that doesn't mean I believe Muslim Brotherhood or Salafis have the right to tie salvation with adopting their methods/ideologies. As long as people are following Islam and our governments implement Islam in the constitution, people are praying, scholars are allowed to do their work and educate the masses, then that's what Islam is. It's then personal to the individual how close they get to God or not.

Of course if some party is fighting against Islam and trying to remove it from society, we push back against that.

The state of Collective righteousness among the people of the Ummah will fluctuate from time to time. And I'm sure we can be better than we are today from Islamic POV we are probably المقصرين مع ربنا as a whole

I just don't believe that one party alone has the answers to make us on proper state. It's everybody together that has the answers. And we can't force things or control how people are, our individual practice is what we have control over. Despite Ummah not being super practicing today (I still see them as very practicing in general though ) , the guiding compass is the collective جماعة and as long as the jamahah exists, is alive and well, then we stick with them (broader entire Ummah of its people, governments, professionals, scholars, imams, students, etc) (unless they flip against islam out of nowhere lol).

 

[kobra]

They didn't really resist Israel for past two decades. 2006 went well because Israel overreacted, their armor wasn't protected (it is now with trophy systems ) , and they managed to hit an Israeli ship close to the shore. The Israeli AF and army have evolved tremendously since then and Hezbollah didn't. Hamas's regular engagements with the Israeli military enabled it to evolve, improve its tactics and command structure, and also get creative. That's why regular engagements are important for non-state actor groups. Simulation can be used as Hamas used simulation tools for training and was able to simulate military exercises but regular engagement is essential as Israel reveals something new each time.

Israeli Air Force can acquire and hit targets way more rapidly than it could in 2006. Which doesn't allow for room for Hezbollah operatives to move around and about, whilst also get to safety. The tactics didn't seem to evolve. And you can deduce from that they lack creativity, rely too much on foreign direction for even their tactics policy decision making.

Hezbollah and Hamas both had no solution for Israeli trophy system. Hamas implemented new tactics but with Israeli carpet bombing of Gaza it's not a fair assessment of Hamas's defensive tactics as block by block was getting wiped out. If it was a 'war' and not a genocide where Israel literally killed everyone and everything in Gaza, we would have been able to asses ground warfare tactics of Hamas better. But ultimately it is very difficult for non state actors to contend with modern 4th Gen tanks that have highly advanced active protection systems

The ones you call 'little btiches' are actually better equipped to deal with that

No matter how much they are equipped, stil they are little bitches of Orange buffon and Satanyahu Its all about character

 

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'Hezbollah should join the Lebanese Army' they say

as Israel attacks the Lebanese Army as well

 

[PakFactor]

Communal tensions in Lebanon

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/10/world/video/lebanon-communal-tensions-chance-digvid-vrtc

 

[Solomon2]

Judiciary expected to seek Qmati's arrest over coup remarks​

by Naharnet Newsdesk 40 minutes ago

The Lebanese judiciary is expected to seek the arrest of Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati, after he threatened that his group can overthrow the government and take over the country, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

In an interview, Qmati has warned that his party is "capable of overthrowing the country and the government," adding that Hezbollah's "patience" has "limits."

Qmati stated that "the Vichy government used to arrest and execute resistance fighters, then it was overthrown and its traitors were executed," adding: "God willing, we won't reach that point."

He continued: "Based on the current circumstances and positions, a direct confrontation with this political authority seems inevitable after the war ends, regardless of the outcome."

He asserted that "the government in Lebanon is no longer fit to govern the country."

He also added that "this government's stances only serve the Israeli enemy," emphasizing that "a confrontation is coming, and the traitors will pay the price for their treachery."

 

[Solomon2]

IDF pushes deeper into south Lebanon as Hezbollah keeps up fire at northern Israel​

No Israeli injuries; Lebanese state media reports overnight strikes in southern Beirut and raids and shelling on southern towns, as authorities say 1 million displaced​

By Emanuel Fabian and AgenciesToday, 11:05 am


IDF troops of the 401st Armored Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on March 16, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that it has pushed even more forces deeper into southern Lebanon to create an expanded buffer zone, as Hezbollah attacked towns in northern Israel with rockets and drones.

The buffer zone was established after the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group began attacking Israel earlier this month, shortly after the US and Israel launched strikes on the Iranian regime.

The IDF said that troops of the 36th Division had begun a new “targeted ground operation toward an additional objective” in south Lebanon in recent days, aimed at expanding “the forward defense area.”

The military said it carried out massive airstrikes and artillery shelling before troops moved into the area.

A day earlier, the IDF announced that troops of the 91st “Galilee” Regional Division were conducting a “targeted ground operation” in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon, while a third division, the 146th, remained deployed defensively to the western sector of southern Lebanon.

In Beirut, Lebanese state media said, Israel carried out dawn airstrikes on three locations in the Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold in the south of the city. The IDF issued an evacuation warning prior to the strikes.

“Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes targeting the Kafaat and Haret Hreik areas. In another raid, the aircraft struck a residential apartment on the upper floors of a building located at the end of Venice Street in the Doha Aramoun area,” Lebanon’s national news agency reported.

The Israeli Air Force has struck dozens of Hezbollah targets in the Dahiyeh in the past week, and the military has repeatedly called on Lebanese civilians to evacuate the area.


Firefighters extinguish a fire after an overnight Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah in Beiru’s southern suburbs, in the al-Kafaat neighborhood, on March 17, 2026 (AFP)

Lebanon’s national news agency also said the IDF carried out “a series of raids and artillery shelling targeted southern towns at dawn.”

On Tuesday morning, the IDF repeated its wide-scale evacuation warning of southern Lebanon, telling civilians they should move to the north of the Zahrani River. The warning was first issued on Thursday.

Lebanese authorities said Monday evening that more than a million people had registered as displaced amid the fighting.


Displaced women carry foam mattresses past their tents, draped in plastic sheeting to shield them from the stormy weather along Beirut’s seafront area on March 15, 2026 (Ibrahim Amro / AFP) /

The IDF has been preparing to deploy even more forces in southern Lebanon and further expand its buffer zone to push away the threat of Hezbollah from the border.

However, the IDF has said that the terror group is launching most of its attacks from even deeper within southern Lebanon, and not from areas close to the border.

Overnight and into Tuesday morning, sirens sounded in multiple towns and communities in northern Israel warning of incoming rocket fire and drone attacks from Lebanon.

There were no reports of injuries. On Monday evening, six people were wounded when a rocket hit the northern town of Nahariya.


Damage in the wake of a Hezbollah rocket attack on Nahariya, March 16, 2026 (Flash90)

Amid the fighting, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the “shockwaves” of Israel’s strikes in Iran were being felt by Hezbollah.

“Iran is the main arena. Weakening the regime and its capabilities will weaken the entire radical axis and, within that, the Hezbollah terror organization,” Zamir said during a Monday evening visit to the Lebanon border with Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo.

“The campaign against Hezbollah is another central front. Any damage to the military buildup capabilities of Iran and the Revolutionary Guards also harms Hezbollah’s arming and financing capabilities. The shockwave of the strikes and the weakening of the radical regime in Iran are also felt in the campaign against Hezbollah,” he said, according to remarks published by the IDF.


IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (right) and Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo in northern Israel, March 16. 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Zamir said that since Hezbollah began attacking Israel amid the war with its sponsor Iran, over 400 members of the terror group have been killed, including top officers.

At least 886 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since the start of the current round of conflict, Lebanese authorities said Monday evening. The World Health Organization said at least 98 of those killed were children.

Multiple recent reports have indicated that Israel is planning a large-scale ground operation in southern Lebanon aimed at uprooting Hezbollah. Defense Minister Israel Katz has even threatened to seize territory there.


Part of a missile fired from Iran toward Israel in Safed, March 16, 2026 (David Cohen/Flash90)

In recent days, there have also been several reports of plans for direct talks between Israel and the Lebanese national government, which has previously pledged to crack down on the terror group. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has denied such plans, despite reports citing Israeli officials.

Since March 2, when Hezbollah began attacking Israel in response to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, the terror group has launched around 100 rockets a day, according to the IDF, as well as more than 100 drones over the entire period.

The attacks came following a period of relative quiet after a November 2024 truce agreement mostly ended a previous round of fighting, which had begun when Hezbollah attacked Israel on October 8, 2023, one day after the Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel.

 

[Musings]

T he world is focused on Iran and this illegal attack on them and these cockroaches use tat as an excuse to take some more of Lebanon land. Serious cockroaches..................