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Israel blames Hezbollah for attack despite allegedly being carried out by Palestinian groups.
Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst
The Israeli air force admitted for the first time since 2014 that it carried out several strikes in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah military installations. Air raids in the early hours of August 5 targeted the Lebanese villages of Mahmoudieh and Aaichiyeh, and the Lebanese army also recorded artillery fire from Israel.
According to Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee, the airstrikes targeted Hezbollah missile launch sites, “as well as infrastructure used for terrorist activities.” Israel claims that its attacks against Hezbollah were in response to rocket fire coming from southern Lebanon, something which the Shi’ite group has not taken responsibility for. Local sources say that the attacks against Israel were actually by Lebanon-based Palestinian groups.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab condemned the Israeli attack and lodged an urgent complaint with the Security Council, saying: “The Israeli enemy, with its artillery first and then its warplanes, carried out an explicit aggression against the sovereignty of Lebanon. The enemy has publicly admitted to having violated Resolution 1701.”
Resolution 1701 (2006) “reiterates its strong support, as recalled in all its previous relevant resolutions, for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally recognized borders, as contemplated by the Israeli-Lebanese General Armistice Agreement of 23 March 1949.”
It is recalled that during the short war between Hamas and Israel from May 10 to 21, missiles were fired from Lebanon in support of the Palestinians. Fearing war on several fronts, the Israeli military sent combat drones into Lebanese territory and also fired artillery. In a statement, the Israeli military also threatened to act even more firmly against Lebanon if rocket fire continued.
By Israel attacking Hezbollah despite Lebanon-based Palestinian groups being behind the attacks, Tel Aviv is essentially sending a warning message to Iran. Tehran is accused by Israel, the U.S. and the United Kingdom of being behind the recent attack in the Arabian Sea against a merchant ship managed by an Israeli billionaire. Iranian authorities deny any involvement in the drone attack which killed two crew members.
Washington promised a “collective response” for the alleged Iranian attack. The British Prime Minister said “Iran should face up to the consequences of what they’ve done” as it was “clearly an unacceptable and outrageous attack on commercial shipping.”
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for his part raised the possibility of a unilateral response against Iran. On August 3, Bennet said “the time to get comfortable in Tehran and set the whole Middle East on fire from there is over. We work to mobilize the world, but at the same time, we also know how to act on our own. Iran knows the price we charge when someone threatens our security.”
Therefore, it is likely that the Israeli attack against Hezbollah was not in response to the rocket barrage that has been attributed to Palestinian groups, but rather in response to the event in the Arabian Sea. These events are linked with the regional geopolitical situation, particularly with the Iranian nuclear issue.
Still at a standstill, negotiations with Washington to return to the Iranian nuclear deal are not making any serious advancements. The Americans and the European Union demand that Tehran returns to the terms of the agreement signed in Vienna in 2015 by respecting the uranium enrichment rate. On the other hand, Tehran urges the West to lift all sanctions against it if they wish for Iran to return to the initial conditions that were agreed upon. During his inauguration on August 3, the new Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi declared: “we will certainly seek the lifting of the oppressive sanctions, but we will not tie the living conditions of the nation to the will of the foreigner.”
Tel Aviv categorically refuses to allow its European and American allies to return to the nuclear deal. In fact, Israel wants to maintain an aggressive and hostile policy against Iran and its allies. It is for this reason that the Israeli Air Force has reportedly carried out more than 1,000 strikes in Syria in the past three years with the objective of annihilating the military capabilities of Iranian-backed forces near its borders.
Last December, Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of the Israeli military intelligence research wing, explained how Israel wants to prevent “Iran from turning Syria into an Iranian base close to Israel, which could bring a radical strategic change in the situation. This is why we continue to shell Iranian bases so that they do not take control of the country.”
Israel is therefore imposing its own conditions and conducting its own manoeuvres to complicate Iran’s position. Although the exchange of fire between Israel and southern Lebanon is unlikely going to escalate into a new war, it does once again demonstrate Tel Aviv’s resolve in responding to any attacks, especially those that it perceives is masterminded by Iran.
Zioncunts are sh1t scared of Hezbollah lol
They just bombed several Hezbo missile sites. It’s actually the other way round. I know for sure Hezbollah won’t retaliate by bombing Israeli targets. Your resistance axis is just too fucking scared of a war with America to take such a risk. So they are going to keep dodging while proclaiming that they’ll liberate Jerusalem. If this is how they intend to face up to Israel and America, then the Shiites have lost this war already. Time to shut up.
Just the word Iran triggers the Wahhabi rat living in the US ROFLMAO :)
Next time those Zionist gangsters launch a major attack on Lebanon they may end up fighting Hezbollah inside Israel.
Israel sends messsage to iran? LoL. more like begging Iran not to flatten Tel Aviv
The author got the heading wrong, the Israeli Diaper Force is petrified of Hezbollah and Iran and that is why there is a stream of very scared false stories out of Occupied Palestine as the Zionist diaper heads know that Hezbollah has nothing to lose as Lebanon is fraying and they will unleash hell on Zionist cowards.
America ( Trump ) pulled out of an agreement that was working and put sanctions on Iran. Iran continued too abide by the agreement until it became clear that sanctions would not be lifted no matter what they did so they then started too enrich above the agreement level. Now America and roped in EU demand Iran returns to the agreement before sanctions and other matters will be looked at. So say Iran returns to the agreement and in ten years time they will still be asking WHEN are sanctions going to be removed. America pulled out so they must first remove sanctions , in steps if necessary aligned by steps by Iran , America is at fault and they need to fix their fault before progress can be made. Israel just wants war with Iran , by others preferably , but Israel needs to be told shut the fuk up or get obliterated instead.
The agreement ended the instant US broke the agreement. Iran was instantly free to act as it pleased, but abided by the agreement for a considerable length of time, before making changes. Which were announced up front, and IAEA inspections are continuing uninterrupted. Iran has no obligation to return to the terms of an agreement it didn’t break. US and other participants in the agreement have an obligation to back up their fat dishonorable mouths, lift the sanctions as agreed if they wish Iran to return to the now dead agreement. Doing so as an act of good faith (ROFLMFAO) towards Iran, and wouldn’t hurt to acknowledge Iran’s strict adherence to the agreement given the EU countries cowing to US demands to breach their own trade agreement’s with Iran, and the piled on sanctions slapped on Iran after breaking the agreement. (which was entirely predictable) US Government was particularly despicable in it’s slapping sanctions on medical supplies to Iran in the middle of a health crisis, and humanitarian aid was being delivered by an endless string of Il-76 military cargo transport aircraft to any country in need. Including two NATO countries requesting aid from China, and Russia after being told by their NATO allies, “fuck off, no aid for you.” US Government action impressed no one, and reinforced it’s position as the most hated country on earth. US Government had no credibility to lose, and had further degraded itself, by sanctioning it’s own allies for not instantly complying with it’s outrageous demands that cost these countries even more Eurobucks in lost trade a year. With zero compensation for the billions a year in losses they sustained. Germany sustaining additional losses over it’s refusal to stop Nordstream 2, and rejecting US demands to buy lower quality gas at double the cost, with unreliable delivery, maintaining it’s supply of high quality, low cost gas from it’s reliable supplier. US conduct towards it’s clearly loyal allies as enemies with the world bearing witness to US Government dishonoring itself. To the disgust, and embarrassment of the people. Most of us anyway. The only NATO countries that act as US allies are UK, and Turkey. With Turkey as US Government’s latest target for the ever popular “regime change.” Erdogan is a loose cannon, but he’s not a fool. He’s well aware that Russia is likely to take Turkey in as an ally, should he forego his loose cannon way’s, that have brought him, and his country nothing but problems for his trouble. Erdogan has managed to piss off the leaders of two, possibly three major world powers, and EU despises his presence on earth. His country is in deep economic trouble, his ally is trying to kill him, and his best trading partner isn’t in any hurry to act on his behalf after the behavior he’s shown to agreements made. Painted his genius self into a corner, it appears, slow drying paint, too. Meanwhile US Government is busy destroying the world’s ability to sustain life, as it insanely attempt’s to depopulate 90% of human life. With Geoengineering, bio-weapons, not vaccines, against a not deadly pandemic created over a fizzled out virus derivitive. Further turning the world against it. Even three generations of intense brainwashing of Western (and other) populations isn’t standing up to the arrogant sociopaths lunacy. Israel is Rothschilds yappy little Chihuahua, now without US Government protection, and too arrogant to understand it survives at the largess of Hezbollah, and Iran.
Fully agree with you. Trouble is is that the US has the biggest club and is always willing to use it as first option. Because they are a vast distance from attack and a very willing and friendly country to the north with little in the south to threaten them they feel well insulated from any sustained attack. They have bases everywhere and can project themselves to most parts of the world very quickly . They will not go down without a fight with tremendous cost too all parties.
is using a divide and fall system so they become in control of all of the ME with all opposing countries subjugated either by signing peace agreements or by destruction by war. As long as the bully of the ME is backed by the worlds bully they are impervious to any other view. Because of their mentality they will not hesitate to use the bomb in the belief that they can obliterate their enemies and survive themselves .
No more than 8 minuets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-uh7_fDYlM
CENTCOM held a major conflict asymmetrical war scenario pitting just Hezbollah against the Zionist regime in a no holds barred asymmetrical conflict involving missile and land engagements. Hezbollah cam out on top in all scenarios inflicting mortal blows to the Zionists and knocking out 90% of the airbases in the first blow and then paralyzing the Zionist economy, society and finally routing them by invading Northern Occupied Palestine. And if Iran and Syria, Hamas along with Iraq join in, then it is all over in a matter of days for the Zionists as most have dual passports and will simple flee.
Time to do it, not just talk.
This article is out of balance. As farbat points out, it is The Resistance that now drives the Rules of Engagement, as underlined by the persistent stamina of Gaza in the recent Al Quds conflict that forced the zionists to seek ceasefire. It has become evident that Irael is likely to suffer an existential defeat in the next major regional escalation. TEP.