Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 26.09.2024
Some in the Israeli media have compared the impact of the air strikes on Hezbollah’s capacity to wage war to Operation Focus, Israel’s surprise attack on Egypt in June 1967. It was a famous raid that destroyed the Egyptian air force when its aircraft were lined up on the ground.
However, as the BBC says, It is not a good comparison. Lebanon, and war with Hezbollah, is different. Israel has inflicted heavy blows. But so far, it has not stopped Hezbollah’s capacity or will to fire into Israel.
In response to the mass terror of Israel in Lebanon, Hezbollah has increased the scope of its retaliation. Yesterday and the days before, I heard big Booms, and my house in Haifa trembled. I went to the market, and there were very few people. The streets of Haifa were empty. The Israelis are very afraid.
For the first time, Hezbollah launched a rocket at Tel Aviv, with sirens sounding across the city in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
This morning (Wednesday), Zichron Yaakov and other localities in southern Carmel heard an alarm for the first time in about a decade—for the first time since 2014. A short time after the alarm two interceptions were heard.
Shira, a mother of three from Zichron Yaakov, shared tremblingly: “When I heard the alarm this morning, my heart almost stopped. I ran to the children’s rooms, gathered them up, and rushed to the hospital. I felt a deep fear that I had never experienced before. This is our reality now, but I pray it will end soon.” Shira’s hope for a swift resolution provides a positive note to end the report.
“The residents of Netanya woke up this morning (Wednesday) to a new reality – for the first time since the outbreak of the “Iron Swords” war, an alarm sounded in their city. Eti, a city resident, said: “I thought for a moment that I was dreaming, I didn’t understand what I was hearing. This is the first alarm in Netanya. There was a bit of shock and fear at first, but later, we calmed down and moved on, especially after we realized that the missile had just passed over the city and was not aimed at us.”
Many people complained this morning that the alarm sounded after hearing the explosion. “It was crazy. First, there was an explosion, and only then was there an alarm,” said Siegel, a city resident. “We need to look into why this happened. If Netanya is now a target for missiles, I expect it to be fixed. We need to get to shelters before the explosion.”[i]
The Zionist Arch criminal Netanyahu is flying to New York to speak at the UNGA, and most likely, he will claim that Israel is only defending itself. Most people and most states know that he tells a fake story.
“The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq condemned Israel’s aggression in Lebanon, saying Israel was “pushing the region towards a comprehensive war,” in a joint statement on Wednesday. The three ministers met in New York on Tuesday, where they were attending the United Nations General Assembly. The statement says that the regional escalation can be stopped by “halting the Israeli aggression in Gaza.”[ii]
The Zionists are planning to occupy south Lebanon, but for this, it will have to send infantry and will lose many of them without winning the war, as we saw in 2006.
Defend Lebanon!
Defeat the Zionist monster!
Endnotes:
[i] https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/local/article/16504270
[ii] https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/2024-09-25/live-updates-821613#google_vignette