IDF tötet innerhalb von vier Tagen 250 Hisbollah-Terroristen, darunter 21 Kommandeure

Good Job

How many civilians though? It’s not much of a flex if your civilian kill count is higher than your enemy kills.

“Israel has sustained numerous casualties, including an unconfirmed number of dead, after one of its commando units was ambushed close to Hezbollah tunnels on the Lebanese side of the border, The Times has been told.

One survivor of the ambush said everyone in his unit had been injured but had managed to withdraw. The ambush took place close to the town of Odaisseh, a village in southern Lebanon.”

THE TIMES

You get the impression the IDF had been chomping at the bits for years to unload on the biggest thorn in their side?

250-8 is a pretty good KDR though.

How many civilians though?

Articles like this scrub the civilian cost of these actions. I am not losing any sleep over the loss of Hezbollah, trust me, but it’s a sickening nightmare that this fighting has been so brutal. We can argue back and forth about blame with things like the placement of military targets in civilian areas as cover and that’s all intellectually stimulating and good but the erasure of the civilians (except here, the Israeli ones conveniently) provides a warped, pro-military-industrial-complex lens that’s really convincing because the Israeli civilian losses are a valid reason to be furious and scared.

I fear that this will continue to escalate, with the poor people stuck there as the pawns between both sides. And because of articles like this, people will cheer.

I’m certain there’s a hundred million just like this with the opposite bias that I’d be just as critical of, just to put that out there.

In my perfect world, Hamas and Hezbollahs leaders turn themselves over to international courts and Israel immediately ceases fire, publishes a public apology for its reactive and disproportionate response, and pull out of the conflicted Palestinian regions under the watch of an international court. The area rebuilds with investment in competent domestic leaders and/or altruistic community leaders with a strong understanding of the local cultures and values. A temporary constitution outlines a specific time slot for rebuilding and investment before bringing Israeli and other relevant parties back to the table with a more balanced discussion possible. In the meantime, international coalition forces cooperate with local authorities to disband blacklisted anti-israelí groups while simultaneously investing in cultural and religious groups which are focused on revival rather than revenge. Israel keeps its hands off the region and eventually the local leaders in the former Palestinian regions can elect a representative government that engages in a two state solution with neutral world heritage sites established in holy cities.

That’s how it’ll go, right?? Or something similarly level headed and accountable?? Humanity is good, isn’t it???

Fuck yes

Now that Israel has weakened them, Lebanese army needs to go take out the trash and take back their country.