The Middle East and once again a major concern for the entire region
from ABC News with this article headline:
“Israel and Hezbollah trade fresh border barrages as region braces for
war”
Key background that the public may or may not clearly understand
from this article is boxed off below and this key note:
Hezbollah
suffered another serious security breach when an Israeli airstrike in a
densely-populated Beirut suburb killed
Operations Chief and well-known international terrorist leader Ibrahim Aqil
and 14 other members.
Background on Aqil: The U.S. State Department said he was a
“principal member of the Hezbollah terrorist Islamic Jihad Organization” that
claimed the bombings of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in April 1983 that killed 63
people, including 17 Americans.
Aqil was also well-known for
the U. S. Marine Corps barracks bombing in October 1983, which killed 241 U.S.
personnel.
Aqil also “directed the
abduction of American and German hostages in Lebanon” in the 1980’s.
LONDON – Sunday opened
with a new barrage of Hezbollah fire into Northern Israel, according to the IDF,
which continued its own campaign of cross-border strikes after a week of
high-profile attacks across Lebanon.
The IDF said Hezbollah launched 150 rockets, cruise missiles,
and drones toward Israel on Sunday, of which were fired within 45 minutes.
Hezbollah said the barrage was “an initial response to
Israel's pager and walkie-talkie attacks in Lebanon last week.”
The IDF said it was striking “Hezbollah terrorist targets in
Lebanon in response, having already bombed 400 targets through Saturday.”
IDF international spokesperson aid in a Sunday morning
briefing: “There was heavy rocket fire by Hezbollah across multiple northern
regions. This is a situation that is intolerable and Israel is committed to act
to change this reality.”
Cross-border fire has been near-constant since October 8, when Hezbollah began attacks in protest of Israel's latest offensive into the Gaza Strip, which followed Hamas' October 7 operation in Israel.
Hezbollah, which
controls southern Lebanon and is backed by Iran, has vowed to continue its
attacks until Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza. Tensions have been steadily
mounting on the Israel-Lebanon border as the war drags on and cease-fire
negotiations fail. Israel has long demanded Hezbollah withdraw its forces north
of the Litani River – some 18 miles from the Israeli border – per the 2006 UN Security Council resolution
that sought to end the last major clash between the two sides.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have left their homes in the
border region since October, 8 under the threat of Hezbollah strikes. Their safe return is a key war goal for
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government.
My 2 Cents: Pluses and minuses from the above report. How much longer will this go on and will it get worse?
That is key question for if it gets worse and drags in Iran and their allies against Israel, then we in the U.S. probably will be blamed and dragged into another all-out ME war there has been 7 since 1948 … this would the worst of all since Iran is now more heavily armed and allied with Russia, too.
I hope that does not happen. Key to not seeing that happen is PM Netanyahu. He is for his one-sided rule in that that area: “From the river to the sea” as that expression says.
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