BREAKING....Thread 9...Israel At War...OPERATION SWORDS OF IRON

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1744422381278376189

[Elderberry]

i24NEWS English
@i24NEWS_EN
 
i24NEWS’ Batya Levinthal breaks down the reports that Israeli PM Netanyahu is in talks for normalization with Saudi Arabia

https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1744524542473588878

[Elderberry]

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender

U.S. Defense Officials and Members of the Biden Administration have reportedly begun to understand in recent weeks that Negotiations have almost Totally Failed and that a Major Regional War in the Middle East may soon be Imminent, with several “Battle Plans” and Contingencies being Drawn-Up if this does occur; Secretary of State, Antony Blinken’s Visit to the Region this week is seen as a possible Final Attempt towards Peace.

[Right_in_Virginia]

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender

U.S. Defense Officials and Members of the Biden Administration have reportedly begun to understand in recent weeks that Negotiations have almost Totally Failed and that a Major Regional War in the Middle East may soon be Imminent, with several “Battle Plans” and Contingencies being Drawn-Up if this does occur; Secretary of State, Antony Blinken’s Visit to the Region this week is seen as a possible Final Attempt towards Peace.

I don't understand why Israel apparently wants to expand this war to include Lebanon.

[Right_in_Virginia]

IDF brass said to warn political leaders that West Bank on brink of violent eruption
Times of Israel, Jan 9, 2024

Security chiefs have warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several times in recent days that the West Bank is on the brink of a major eruption in violence, Israeli television reported Monday.

According to Channel 12 news, the warnings were relayed by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and other senior military commanders, who said Israel risked a new front in the West Bank amid the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and ongoing clashes on the northern border with the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

Besides Netanyahu, the report said the other members of the war cabinet — Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Minister Benny Gantz — were also warned of the prospect of major unrest in the West Bank.

The heightened concern comes on the heels of Israel’s withholding of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues that belong to the PA in addition to refusing to allow some 150,000 Palestinian workers return to their jobs in Israel and the settlements, the report said, noting Netanyahu’s refusal to hold security cabinet votes to reverse both decisions, given pressure from his far-right coalition partners.

The network added that the military’s assessment was shared by the Shin Bet security service.

"Ask Zelensky for money,” bin Zayed reportedly told Netanyahu, sarcastically suggesting that the Ukrainian president could foot the bill with all of the international support Kyiv has been getting since Russia’s invasion

"The notion that Arab countries will come in to rebuild and pay the bill for what’s currently happening is wishful thinking,” an Emirati official told Axios.

MBZ couldn’t believe Netanyahu thought the UAE would be willing to pay for a problem that was created due to Israel’s decision not to allow the workers in, a source familiar with the matter told the news site.


https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-brass-said-to-warn-political-leaders-that-west-bank-on-brink-of-violent-eruption/

[Smokin Joe]

I don't understand why Israel apparently wants to expand this war to include Lebanon.

Hizb'allah has been attacking from there.
Either the Lebanese control their rabid elements on their soil, or the Israelis will. That simple.

[mystery-ak]

REVEALED: Reuters and AP 'Journalists' Live-Streamed Themselves Encouraging Gazans to Invade Israel
By Bonchie | 8:45 AM on January 09, 2024

In an escalation of earlier reporting that showed multiple "journalists" working for the Associated Press and The New York Times participating in the October 7th attack on Israel, live-stream footage has now been uncovered that illustrates even more direct coordination with Hamas terrorists.
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As RedState originally reported, Hassan Eslaiah, who was freelancing for CNN, Reuters, and the AP, filmed himself riding into Israel on October 7th carrying a grenade. Another "journalist" was also implicated, though the Times defended his work despite evidence he had advance knowledge of the attack.

The claim from the Times was that these "journalists" had simply been caught up in quickly unfolding events and were merely trying to do their jobs. That claim has now been proven false. According to Honest Reporting, a UK media watchdog, two "journalists," both of whom did freelance work for the AP and Reuters at the time, live-streamed themselves showing off pictures of the atrocities, with one even bragging that he had helped take Israelis hostage.

Abu Mostafa then tells people to cross the border into Israel, proclaiming it a one-in-a-lifetime event that won't happen again. All of this occurred as Hamas' murderous rampage was still in full swing.

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https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/01/09/revealed-reuters-and-ap-journalists-live-streamed-themselves-encouraging-gazans-to-invade-israel-n2168471

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hizb'allah has been attacking from there.
Either the Lebanese control their rabid elements on their soil, or the Israelis will. That simple.

If Israel's leadership decides the best move is now war with Lebanon @Smokin Joe  I certainly won't try to talk them out of it. They know best --- for them.

I am, however, leaning toward America's leadership keeping our blood AND treasure away from it.    I'd prefer Israel finish Gaza before dragging us into their next war.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Israel is not fighting Hamas, Hezzbollah, and Houthies; Israel is in a fight against Iran.

Iran expanded the war into Gaza.  Iran is expadning the war in Lebanon.  Iran is expanding the war into Yemen.  Iran is expanding the war to Iraq.

Israel is defending itself from Iran.

[mountaineer]

Trying not to  too much: The commander of Hezbollah’s aerial forces in southern Lebanon, Ali Hussien Barji, was killed in an Israeli drone strike. He was killed on his way to the funeral of another senior Hezbollah commander, Wissam al-Tawil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike yesterday.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1744757285942092086

[GtHawk]

Trying not to  too much: The commander of Hezbollah’s aerial forces in southern Lebanon, Ali Hussien Barji, was killed in an Israeli drone strike. He was killed on his way to the funeral of another senior Hezbollah commander, Wissam al-Tawil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike yesterday.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1744757285942092086

The smirk was wiped off his face when he met his virgins.

[Elderberry]

Israel Radar
@IsraelRadar_com
 
1. Israel must push Hezbollah far from Lebanon border due to advanced high-precision weapons supplied by Iran, says defense analyst Ron Ben-Yishai; entire area south of Beirut needs to be cleared of drones, cruise missiles & long-range anti-tank missiles, he says

2. Hezbollah willingness to accept demilitarization of south Lebanon depends on 2 factors, Ben-Yishai says via @ynetalerts
: Outcome of Gaza war plus Israeli determination to launch ground assault in case terrorists & military assets are not removed.

[Elderberry]

Israel Defense Forces
@IDF
 
Hamas' fashion choices are just one more way they endanger Gazan civilians for their own benefit.

https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1744784199763042772

[berdie]

Israel is not fighting Hamas, Hezzbollah, and Houthies; Israel is in a fight against Iran.

Iran expanded the war into Gaza.  Iran is expadning the war in Lebanon.  Iran is expanding the war into Yemen.  Iran is expanding the war to Iraq.

Israel is defending itself from Iran.

That's how I see it.

[Hoodat]

If Israel's leadership decides the best move is now war with Lebanon @Smokin Joe  I certainly won't try to talk them out of it.

Who said anything about "war with Lebanon"?

[mountaineer]

U.S. Central Command
@CENTCOM
Houthi Attack on International Shipping

On Jan. 9, at approximately 9:15 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthis launched a complex attack of Iranian designed one-way attack UAVs (OWA UAVs), anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Southern Red Sea, towards international shipping lanes where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting.

Eighteen OWA UAVs, two anti-ship cruise missiles, and one anti-ship ballistic missile were shot down by a combined effort of F/A-18s from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS Gravely (DDG 107), USS Laboon (DDG 58), USS Mason (DDG 87), and the United Kingdom’s HMS Diamond (D34). This is the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea since Nov. 19. There were no injuries or damage reported.

On Jan. 3, 14 countries, including the U.S, issued a joint statement stating, "The Houthis will bear the responsibility for the consequences should they continue to threaten lives, the global economy, or the free flow of commerce in the region's critical waterways."

8:46 PM · Jan 9, 2024

Was Sec. Austin aware? (Forget about the president, we know the answer to that).

[mystery-ak]

USN and Royal Navy on Defence as Houthis Launch Largest Attack on Red Sea Shipping Yet

U.S. and UK warships and aircraft shot down drones, cruise missiles, and a ballistic missile overnight, “the largest attack” by Houthis yet.

Eighteen ‘suicide attack’ drones, two anti-ship cruise missiles, and one anti-ship ballistic missile were launched by Iran-backed Shiite Houthi fighters in Yemen towards the Red Sea overnight on the 9th of January, part of an ongoing effort to attack the economy of Western nations by destroying merchant ships and closing the crucial Red Sea route to trade.

The 21 drones and missiles shot down by the United States Navy (USN) and Royal Navy (RN) on Tuesday night is greater than the 19 Operation Prosperity Guardian has otherwise shot down in the entire operation to date, according to numbers stated by a USN Admiral last week.

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https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/01/10/usn-and-royal-navy-on-defence-as-houthis-launch-largest-attack-on-red-sea-shipping-yet/

[mystery-ak]

Blinken Returns to Failed ‘Palestine First’ Model for Middle East

The failed pre-Trump approach has evidently continued to guide Biden administration policy, even in the aftermath of October 7.

President Joe Biden has evidently returned to that failed model for the region.

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed Israeli leaders to see a Palestinian state as part of the post-Hamas future in Gaza, despite the plummeting support among Israelis for a state composed of people who support terror against them.

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https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/01/10/blinken-returns-to-failed-palestine-first-model-for-middle-east/

[mystery-ak]

 Blinken says Israel has ‘no choice’ but to cooperate with UN in Gaza
by Lauren Sforza - 01/10/24 4:02 PM ET

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel must cooperate with the United Nations in Gaza to get aid to civilians as Israel enters its fourth month of war with militant group Hamas.

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell pressed Blinken on why there is still a lack of humanitarian aid entering Gaza. Blinken said it’s necessary for Israel to work with the U.N. to get the much-needed aid into Gaza, where 90 percent of the population is eating less than one meal a day.

“It is imperative that Israel work with the United Nations. It’s imperative that this assistance get in, that more of it get in, and that once it gets in, it gets effectively to the people who need it. The United Nations are the only game in town,” Blinken told Mitchell in the interview.

He praised the U.N. for getting aid “to people who need it,” adding that the organization has done “extraordinary things.”

“And it requires cooperation because there’s no alternative. There’s no choice. No one else is gonna do it. And if the U.N. wasn’t doing it, well, it would be Israel’s responsibility to do it. So this is something, again, that we’ve talked about extensively,” Blinken continued.

He added some “real progress” has been made to get humanitarian assistance to Gaza, but Mitchell noted that there are “still bottlenecks” in getting aid to the territory.

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https://thehill.com/policy/international/4401077-blinken-israel-no-choice-but-cooperation-un-gaza/

[Cyber Liberty]

So Blinken is tightening the thumbscrews again?  Israel is in no mood to cave to this chickenshit.

[Right_in_Virginia]

An alternate and unpopular POV:

Many Americans still believe the purpose of the Israeli war in Gaza is to "destroy Hamas": because that's what US media repeated from Israel.

But in Hebrew, Israeli officials every day admit the real goal: to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians so Israel can take the land: (Video)

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1745137795738312733

[Hoodat]

An alternative and unpopular POV:

Many Americans still believe the purpose of the Israeli war in Gaza is to "destroy Hamas": because that's what US media repeated from Israel.

But in Hebrew, Israeli officials every day admit the real goal: to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians so Israel can take the land: (Video)

Please stop posting lies on this forum.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Please stop posting lies on this forum.

What part of "alternate" POV and video documentation confuses you?

[Wingnut]

Please stop posting lies on this forum.

She is free to post her Jew hate here. 

[berdie]

An alternate and unpopular POV:

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1745137795738312733

It sounds like a worthy goal, in what ever language. Especially since that is the oppositions goal toward Israel.