Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Kill Hundreds as Warplanes Target Hezbollah

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-strikes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE4.IvHJ.tVYtepZZXGSq&smid=url-share

"Dozens of Israeli fighter jets bombed Hezbollah targets in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, killing hundreds and wounding more than a thousand others, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest attacks in the country since 2006, when Israel and Hezbollah fought their last all-out war.

As Israeli warplanes raced through Lebanon’s skies, Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese militia backed by Iran, launched its own barrage at Israel. Air-raid sirens there rang out repeatedly as roughly 250 rockets and other munitions crossed the border, according to the Israeli military. Most of the projectiles were intercepted by Israel’s antimissile defense system, and there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious casualties.

The widespread airstrikes in Lebanon — and warnings by Israel to Lebanese to flee areas where it said Hezbollah was stashing weapons — set off fear and confusion among civilians. Many pulled their children from school and left home. Cars clogged main roads to Beirut, the capital, as people fled cities, towns and villages in southern Lebanon, where many of the heaviest strikes landed, witnesses said.

Lebanon’s health ministry said the bombardment had killed at least 492 people, including at least 24 children, and injured more than 1,600. The ministry, which counts casualties reported to hospitals, did not say how many of the dead were Hezbollah fighters."

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1. Kiss any chances of cease fires goodbye

Israel is going for total defeat and Hezbollah won't back down as long as they're able to keep fighting. And, poor, poor Lebanon. It's a completely fractured society with small Christian factions supporting Hezbollah but the majority Maronites opposing them for making Lebanon a target. The Christians don't have near the military capability of Hezbollah so there's nothing they can do about them. I hope this doesn't throw Lebanon into another civil war. The Israelis want to push Hezbollah north of the Litani (sp) river which is well into Lebanon. That would mean the Israelis would have to have a ground invasion and occupation! This is so fucked up. While I don't know much about the history, I think the Europeans really screwed stuff with creating these countries. The French essentially forced the Christians and Muslims (both Shia and Sunni) into one state and the Christian population has greatly declined as a result. Now they'll probably get slaughtered in a war.

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2. Lookner live stream

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3. Holy shit

Watch the live stream! Huge explosions in NE Israel. Maybe iron dome.