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| Israeli self-propelled howitzers fire toward Lebanon from a position near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona following rocket fire by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, August 6, 2021 |
Does anyone who is not anti-Zionist believe that Israel should do nothing while rockets are being rained down on them by the Hezbollah terror group?
The Jewish State is getting ready military and covert responses to the attacks, a defense official said Friday, but added the severity of responses will depend on what develops.
“The Israel Defense Forces [IDF] is currently taking action with large-scale strikes in Lebanon, mostly with artillery and with strikes on infrastructure with fighter jets, as we haven’t done for years,” the official said in a statement.
“The defense establishment is preparing additional options for a response through different means — overt and covert — in accordance with developments [in the field]. The continuation of our activities will be in accordance with operational needs and a timeframe that is best suited for Israel,” the official added.
This game of attack-respond-cease fire-attack-respond has been going on for years and it's time for Israel to put an end to it with a little bit of shock and awe . . . but they won't.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known by its acronym UNIFIL, said the situation was “very dangerous” and that the rockets were fired outside of its area of operation in southern Lebanon.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known by its acronym UNIFIL, said the situation was “very dangerous” and that the rockets were fired outside of its area of operation in southern Lebanon.
“This is a very dangerous situation, with escalatory actions seen on both sides over the past two days,” UNIFIL said in a statement. [H/T Times of Israel]
“UNIFIL is actively engaging with the parties through all formal and informal liaison and coordination mechanisms to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control,” they added.
But you can bet that since UNIFIL is a mission from the UN, they are more sympathetic to the terrorists than they are to Israel.
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| Smoke rise from Israeli shelling near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Shouba, after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. |
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab called on the United Nations to pressure Israel to stop “violating Lebanese sovereignty,” and restore calm to the area. In other words, forget about the rockets and take it like a Jew.
Sorry Diab, that crap ended with Hitler's demise.
So far, nineteen rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon on Friday morning, sending residents in nearby towns in the Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle scrambling to shelters.
The IDF said 10 projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and six landed in open areas around Mount Dov, helping turn the soil and making the land more fertile for plant growth. Another three rockets fizzled and failed to clear the border and landed in Lebanese territory, according to the military.
Hezbollah, an Iran-back terror group, confirmed it had fired the rockets on Friday, which it said came in response to recent Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, which were inspired by attacks that came before the Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon--they forgot to mention.
“The Islamic Resistance shelled open areas near the Shebaa Farms with dozens of 122mm rockets,” it said in a statement carried in Arabic-language media, referring to the Mount Dov area.
Israel responded with artillery strikes. Witnesses reported artillery fire by Israeli forces on the Lebanese side outside the town of Kfar Shouba.
The attack sparked tensions between locals and Hezbollah. Videos circulated on social media after the rocket attack showing two vehicles, including a mobile rocket launcher, being stopped by villagers in the southeastern village of Shwaya in Hasbaya region near the border with the Golan Heights.
Some angry villagers, who belong to the Druze sect, could be heard saying: “Hezbollah is firing rockets from between homes so that Israel hits us back.”
The attack sparked tensions between locals and Hezbollah. Videos circulated on social media after the rocket attack showing two vehicles, including a mobile rocket launcher, being stopped by villagers in the southeastern village of Shwaya in Hasbaya region near the border with the Golan Heights.
Some angry villagers, who belong to the Druze sect, could be heard saying: “Hezbollah is firing rockets from between homes so that Israel hits us back.”
This is how Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations get the media on their side. It would be a miracle if the media actually did a little digging into the facts.
Hezbollah later issued a statement saying that the rockets were fired from remote areas, adding that the fighters were stopped in Shwaya on their way back.
“The Islamic Resistance [they love to act the victim when they initiate the violence] was and will always be most keen about the safety of its people and avoiding any harm to them through its acts of resistance,” the statement said, not mentioning how Hezbollah and the Hamassholes love to fire rockets from schools and public areas. The safety of "their people" is the least of their concern. They use them as human shields whenever the need or opportunity presents itself.
The Lebanese army said it arrested the four people who had launched the rockets and seized the rocket launcher after it was intercepted by villagers.
Thursday’s early morning airstrikes were in response to a previous rocket attack from Lebanon on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi and other security officials were to hold talks to review Israel’s potential courses of action following Friday’s attack. Let's hope it isn't going to be a "proportional response" because that's political bull crap. If someone hits you with a punch, you don't just throw one punch in retaliation; you go for the knockout.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz spoke with mayors of northern border communities and asked them to remain in close contact with the military.
Hezbollah later issued a statement saying that the rockets were fired from remote areas, adding that the fighters were stopped in Shwaya on their way back.
“The Islamic Resistance [they love to act the victim when they initiate the violence] was and will always be most keen about the safety of its people and avoiding any harm to them through its acts of resistance,” the statement said, not mentioning how Hezbollah and the Hamassholes love to fire rockets from schools and public areas. The safety of "their people" is the least of their concern. They use them as human shields whenever the need or opportunity presents itself.
The Lebanese army said it arrested the four people who had launched the rockets and seized the rocket launcher after it was intercepted by villagers.
Thursday’s early morning airstrikes were in response to a previous rocket attack from Lebanon on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi and other security officials were to hold talks to review Israel’s potential courses of action following Friday’s attack. Let's hope it isn't going to be a "proportional response" because that's political bull crap. If someone hits you with a punch, you don't just throw one punch in retaliation; you go for the knockout.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz spoke with mayors of northern border communities and asked them to remain in close contact with the military.
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| Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi and other top officers at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 6, 2021. |
Military spokesperson Ran Kochav told reporters on Friday that Israel has “no intention of going to war, but we do not want to turn the Lebanon border into a line of confrontation.”
He also asserted Hezbollah intentionally fired the rockets at open areas and not at Israeli towns or communities. Still, the Iron Dome system was activated to intercept some of the rockets, which is usually only done when projectiles are heading for populated areas, military bases or key infrastructure.
“This is a moderate response from Hezbollah, as to not escalate the situation,” Kochav said.
Recent attacks had been blamed on local Palestinian groups in Lebanon, and not the powerful Hezbollah. However, Hezbollah maintains tight control over southern Lebanon, making it unlikely that such attacks would be conducted from this area without at least its tacit approval.
In response, the IDF fired artillery shells at targets in Lebanon just after the attack. Some two hours later it followed up with a second and a third round before conducting airstrikes toward “terror infrastructure” and rocket launching sites, according to the military.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden continues to wander the halls of the White House wondering what's going on.
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