Saber rattling between Israel and Hezbollah….
Iran and its proxies are now worried about talking on the phone and trustingt any type of forign made technology….
None of the proxies have the military might and Ontel asset’s US supplied Israeli has…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would take “whatever action is necessary” to diminish the threat posed by Hezbollah, as the deputy leader of the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia warned the conflict was entering “a new stage.”
The threats added to international alarm that intensifying tit-for-tat violence between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has put the region on the brink of a wider catastrophe.
Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets, missiles and drones at Israeli territory overnight in a large-scale response to a wave of deadly attacks against the group in Lebanon that included exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, along with airstrikes against senior commanders.
Mr. Netanyahu seemed to refer to those attacks against Hezbollah opaquely in saying on Sunday that Israel had dealt the group “a series of blows” that it hadn’t anticipated.
“If Hezbollah didn’t understand the message, I promise you it will understand the message,” he said in a recorded statement, adding that Israel was determined to return Israelis displaced by the cross-border violence to their homes in the north.
The Israeli military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, was more specific: “Our strikes will intensify,” he said in a statement that condemned Hezbollah’s overnight attack.
Hezbollah said its assault against Israel, which set off air-raid sirens in scores of towns in the north, had targeted Israeli military bases, including one near Haifa, on the coast. The Israeli military said most of the missiles were intercepted by air defenses. But a town north of Haifa suffered a direct hit and officials tightened restrictions on public gatherings in areas including the Golan Heights and Galilee…..
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Here’s what else to know:
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International alarm: Asked about the rising tensions, President Biden said on Sunday that he was worried, but that “we’re going to do everything we can to keep a wider war from breaking out.” The United Nations’ special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said in a statement: “There is NO military solution that will make either side safer,” while Josep Borrell Fontelles, the European Union’s top diplomat, said, “Civilians on both sides are paying a high price.” He said the conflict would be a top focus at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual summit meeting, which starts on Tuesday.
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Shifting focus: The wave of attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon last week has fueled fears that Israel’s military was shifting its focus away from Hamas in Gaza toward Hezbollah. And on Sunday, the Israeli military said it had intercepted fire that came from the direction of Iraq, where another Iran-backed group claimed to have fired drones at Israel.
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Friday attack: On Sunday, Lebanese authorities said the death toll had risen to at least 45, including women and children, from an Israeli airstrike on Friday in Beirut. Hezbollah confirmed the death of a top commander, Ibrahim Aqeel, who was wanted by the United States for his role in two 1983 bombing attacks in Beirut that killed more than 350 people at the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Marine Corps barracks, many of them American citizens.
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Gaza war: The Palestinian Civil Defense said on Sunday that seven people were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli strike on a school building that was housing displaced people in Gaza City. Israel’s military said in a statement that it carried out “a precise strike” on Hamas militants who were operating from the school-turned-shelter, and had taken “numerous steps” to mitigate civilian harm.
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West Bank: The Israeli military raided the office of Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday and ordered its closure for 45 days, the latest move in Israel’s effort to clamp down on the channel……
Israeli attack’s give Iran backed proxies and Iran worried…..
“Extreme precautions will be taken, and we will keep devices away from us,” said a senior commander in the Jenin Battalion, a coalition of West Bank fighters led by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The commander, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern for his security, said his operatives already avoided cellphones and had recently ditched handheld radios they suspected Israel of hacking…
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…Israel’s apparent ability to infiltrate supply chains, perhaps years in advance, as well as penetrate the group’s low-tech communications network, has also sent ripples of fear through Iran’s web of armed groups in the region, including in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and the Palestinian territories. Like Hezbollah, some of these groups stepped up attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets to protest Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip….
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“This is a vulnerability that extends beyond Hezbollah to all of Iran’s proxies and Iran itself,…
Update….
Sep 22, 2024 – ISW Press
The IDF conducted a large-scale air campaign into Lebanon. This activity marks three consecutive days of heavy Israeli airstrikes into Lebanon. Lebanese Hezbollah launched its own strikes into Israel, which is consistent with Hezbollah’s stated intent to continue cross-border attacks. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed five attacks into Israel. The IDF intercepted several drones and cruise missiles headed toward Israel from Iraq.
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