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Israel strikes back at Hezbollah

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Israel strikes the Hezbollah terrorist who is said to have planned the attack on the Druze children in the soccer field in the Golan Heights. The Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was in a southern suburb of Beirut.

As Ace writes, “They kill children, Israel kills the killer of children — and Israel is the bad guy, of course.”

The Biden administration (or should we now call it the Harris administration, or perhaps Obama 3?) wants Israel to show restraint:

The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon’s capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five people with knowledge of the drive said. …

The focus of the high-speed diplomacy has been to constrain Israel’s response by urging it against targeting densely populated Beirut, the southern suburbs of the city that form Hezbollah’s heartland, or key infrastructure like airports and bridges, said the sources who requested anonymity to discuss confidential details that haven’t been previously reported.

So – the push was to deter Israel from striking where Hezbollah leaders (and followers) live. I guess Israel didn’t listen – nor should they, because how else could they retaliate? The US and the international community would like Israel to endure these inevitable and escalating attacks and not do much in return.

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Israel strikes back at Hezbollah — 26 Comments

  1. “The US and the international community would like Israel to endure these inevitable and escalating attacks and not do much in return.”
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    To be fair, the US and the international community are not exactly committed to defending their own citizens either. Why doesn’t Israel play by the pinkos’ rules?

  2. There is something simply rotten at the core of our government. Hearkening to the oft used meme, ‘fools or knaves?’; it is a moot question. By all accounts we are represented by some deformed hybrid of both. I did use the word represented advisedly.

    I wish there were some concrete action that I could take to support Israel; I feel so helpless. I would go fight with them if I could; but they have enough problems without caring for a doddering Octogenarian.

    Confession. I removed my Israeli flag from the front door, because it made my wife nervous and I thought it must have served its purpose by now. No one, not a soul, took overt notice. Maybe it should go back, for what little that is worth.

  3. The US and the international community would like Israel to endure these inevitable and escalating attacks and not do much in return.

    I am reminded of how Republican Presidents or Presidential candidates, such as George W Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney endured attacks from Democrats without retaliation. Chimpy McBush Hitler, Mitt’s Mormon garments, you have it.

    One reason the Democrats went ballistic on Donald Trump is that, unlike previous Republicans, Trump fought back. Trump’s fighting back is why I voted for him.

    It doesn’t say much for Hezbollah security that the IDF was able to get their guy so quickly. Is is because of Israel’s electronic surveillance capabilities, or because Israel has personal contacts in Lebanon that helped finger Fuad Shukr? I don’t know, but I do know that there are a lot of Christians and Sunni Muslims in Lebanon who have no love for Hezbollah. If a civil war starts in Lebanon as a result of Israel striking back, Hezbollah, even with all its Iranian armaments, may not do too well, as it is only about a third of Lebanon’s population.

  5. sdferr link

    U.S. President Joe Biden’s Envoy to Lebanon and Israel, Amos Hochstein has expressed Concern over the Israeli Airstrike earlier tonight on the Suburbs of Beirut, with him stating, “Very Concerned about the Israeli Attack within Dahiya in Beirut which caused Casualties. A Diplomatic and not a Military Solution is the way to End the Hostilities.”

    There was a “diplomatic solution” to the last Israel-Hezbollah conflict, via the UN. Hezbollah violated multiple terms of the agreement.

    So much for diplomacy.

    What is the “diplomatic solution” for killing children at a soccer match, Mr. Hochstein? Inquiring minds want to know.

  6. “Confession. I removed my Israeli flag from the front door, because it made my wife nervous and I thought it must have served its purpose by now. No one, not a soul, took overt notice. Maybe it should go back, for what little that is worth.”
    Oldflyer:
    There’s an Israeli Druze woman who has a restaurant near me in Manhattan, with a proudly displayed Israeli flag. Her restaurant has been vandalized a few times but the flag is still up. Considering the victims of the strike were Druze children, I’m guessing she must feel even more proud of her native country.

    Not a comment on your decision—I’d be a little cautious too. But I admire her courage.

  8. I’ll have to say I’m glad they killed the guy. OTOH, I wish they’d use their submarines to take out some Iranian warships.

  9. I fear the day is coming when Israel will have go after Iran. If Kamala should get installed like Biden, that might be the time.

  10. Has the leader of the free world (I am choking on that) actually been seen since the Covid diagnosis? Or, is Hockstein the final word?

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  13. That is awesome news, sdferr! But if Haniyeh was Ace of Diamonds, who is Ace of Spades? Nasrallah? Khameini?

  14. Sinwar is high on the Israeli list, still in Gaza surrounded by hostages; but for my money Khalid Meshal is right there with Haniyeh outside Gaza, though where he is now (he used to be in Qatar as base) I don’t know. Mossad does though.

  15. FOAF

    That is awesome news, sdferr! But if Haniyeh was Ace of Diamonds, who is Ace of Spades? Nasrallah? Khameini?

    This is all a raspberry to the Obama/Biden/Harris regime, who urged “restraint” on Israel after the Hezbollah killing of Druze children in the Golan Heights. Two big capos in two days! I wonder if any Druze in Lebanon will go Hezbollah-hunting. Probably not, because of the numbers disparity between Druze and Shia in Lebanon.

    I thought that Ismail Haniyeh was too well protected to be killed. To kill him, in Tehran of all places, is a master stroke of master strokes. I doubt that Israel would try to kill Khameini, which to me seems a step too far.

    But killing Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has shown the Mullahs that killing Khameni is not necessarily beyond the capabilities of Mossad. Instead of praying to God to save them from the fury of the Norsemen, perhaps the Mullahs are praying to save them from the fury of Mossad. 🙂

    IIRC, Nasrallah is living in a basement under a Beirut hospital, which probably keeps him safe from Israel—as long as a full scale war doesn’t break out.

    I imagine that Iran’s nuclear programs are too far underground for Israel to take them out. Though destroying entrances to the deep underground facilities could render them not accessible.

  16. @ FOAF – The list of “next” is called The Green Beehive for Hamas.
    It includes some of those you named.
    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rk3ncamt0

    The “beehive” is a group whose members share a similar background. Most are 50 to 60 years old, almost all of them come from refugee camps and underprivileged traditional families who express hostility toward Israel, and a yearning to return to the villages that were destroyed in 1948. “Beehive” members have their roots in Islamic student cells (al-Kutla al-Islamiyya), and have engaged in years of military activity, which is why they feel contempt for leaders who climbed up the ladder through political actions, such as Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas. Thus, following Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Sinwar impugned Haniyeh, declaring that, when he becomes leader of the organization, war will be initiated by Hamas on enemy soil – a promise on which he has indeed delivered.
    The beehive is probably the group of conspirators who have been planning the October 7 massacre for the past decade. The attack did not result from extensive discourse and organized decisions, but was instead a project pursued by a group who determined Hamas’ strategy as well as the fate of their own nation. This beehive, however, is diminishing due to the ongoing war and unprecedented Israeli strikes. Senior officials close to Sinwar have been killed, such as Marwan Issa (Abu Baraa’), the third-highest ranking official in Hamas hierarchy, four of the armed wing heads (three of whom were brigade commanders: Ahmad Ghandur, Ghazi Abu Tumaa’h and Rafa Salama), and six of the 17 members of the political bureau in Gaza Strip.

  17. “I wonder if any Druze in Lebanon will go Hezbollah-hunting.”

    I think you’re right in terms of so-called kinetic acts, however, every scrap of intelligence they can gather and discretely pass along will be front of mind, and no doubt helpful. Hell, could be Druze helped out locating Shukr today. Wouldn’t dismiss the possibility.

  19. The “alliance that dare not speak its name” is becoming a whole lot more voluble.

    (“Becoming”? Heh, “becoming” he says…)

    For extra credit: Kindly provide quotes from the Mainstream Corrupt Media relaying their outrage following Hezbullah’s strike on the soccer field in the Druze town in Northeast Israel.

  20. “show restraint” or “de-escalate tensions” – funny, isn’t it? that those words are NEVER said to the terrorists; but, they are always directed at Israel.

  24. I loved how the Israelis came right back the next day and got the guy in Tehran. One consequence of Biden and Harris reducing support is that Israel may stop listening to them.

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