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Image is of a Hezbollah missile attack on a military camp west of Jenin.


The situation between Hezbollah and Israel is rapidly escalating, with massive bombing campaigns on southern Lebanon by Israel predominantly on civilians (as the tunnels in South Lebanon are mostly unreachable to the Zionists, just like in Gaza), while Hezbollah and its allies respond with missile attacks predominantly on Israeli military facilities. Israel is spreading an evacuation order to the residents of southern Lebanese villages while also bombing their routes of escape and civilian infrastructure, similar to a terror tactic used widely in Gaza.

Northern Israel is currently under military censorship to hide their losses, so we get very little information other than what the Resistance provides and what videos and images get through the censors.

I don't know if Israel will dare a ground incursion soon, but it seems fairly likely in the coming days or weeks.


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Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
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Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

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https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
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https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

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Almost every Western media outlet.
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https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[–] miz@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

am I imagining things or has there been no mention of the iRoN dOmE for weeks. are they out of interceptors maybe

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 49 points 1 month ago

Some Iron Dome still working, this is near Ramat David Airbase

https://files.catbox.moe/j4f0s9.MP4

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[–] newmou@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago (15 children)

I still don’t really buy the whole “Israel is trying to pull the US into a war” line. I think the US knows perfectly well where this goes, and has for a very long time, and are making their own calculations about what the best moments are to apply what sort of pressure or action. Like I just refuse to believe the entire US military and state apparatus is like “fuck are we getting pulled into something here? What do we do?” The end goal is rooting out any uncontrolled opposition to global capitalist order, methodically and systematically. Overcoming contradictions, or redirecting them into new usable/controllable forms. Of course by the very nature of fire you can only control it for so long. I think for the US that process is much different and longer than any of us understand though. But the US clearly has aims for Iran and China as it does for Russia. And I don’t buy the ruling class would allow itself to “get dragged” into something it didn’t want or wasn’t actively trying to use. Lying to Iran is a great example of this

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[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Israel struck the Kola intersection in Beirut, which is well outside of the southern Shia neighborhoods, and is the deepest they have struck into Lebanon in decades.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

2006 clip of Nasrallah. People believed he was dead for 3 days after israel attacked his main office & building, but then 3 days later Nasrallah appeared on live TV, saying:

https://tankie.tube/w/ejAgjQjPMB3a3dXGs8acLf

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[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Helene is now a cat 4 hurricane.

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[–] heartheartbreak@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

so much shit is popping off its hard to keep track

supposedly al jazeera saying israeli raids on tyre and beirut also supposedly explosions at Konico air base in Syria

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago

Very scary video of missile impacts in an unknown location of Israel

https://tankie.tube/w/jpLWisaApsoui6mo1AvQyX

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Very conflicting reports on Nasrallah, reuters are saying their Hezbollah source says he's alive. One Israeli report is also claiming that the commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Syria and Lebanon was present at the meeting with Nasrallah.

EDIT: Fed accounts are all saying dead.

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[–] Zascoco@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago
[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago

Slate interviewed a reporter in Lebanon. Of course such interviews are fairly rare in the American media. They make Israel look bad. The article is from two days ago - I think interviews over days where condensed.

Lebanon Israel war: She watched the pager attacks unfold. She almost can't believe what she's seeing now.

A Lebanese reporter began last week covering pagers that blew up across the country. She almost can’t believe what she’s seeing now.

Sept 26, 2024

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago

Iraq at the UN: The Security Council has Failed to Maintain the Peace. - Telesur English

Article

Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia’al Sudani, said on Thursday that the Security Council has failed to achieve its main objective: maintaining peace.

“Ending the violations against Palestine is everyone’s responsibility,” said the High Representative of Iraq, while stressing that above all, the Security Council has not achieved its main objective: to maintain peace.

In insisting that Israel is violating the principles of the UN Security Council and the UN Charter, the Iraqi premier said we are witnessing people being attacked by an occupying military force, killing thousands. Talk of famine to eliminate people, he insisted.

In this regard, the Iraqi politician stressed that important principles such as sovereignty and territorial integrity, international humanitarian law and self-determination are under threat in the current context.

The people of Palestine have been denied their right to live in dignity, said the politician, claiming that it guarantees Israel’s impunity. International law is left on paper, he reflected, with the annexation of territories.

He made a critical analysis of the brutal campaign with remote bombing technologies without taking into account that there are unarmed civilians. Similarly, he denounced the new brutal aggression against Lebanon.

Mohammed Shia’al Sudani also declared that his country would provide whatever assistance it could to Lebanon to overcome the effects of this attack, while firmly rejecting occupation and standing up for people’s rights.

“We note that relief agencies in the occupied territories are being attacked,” said the Prime Minister, while underlining that this session is taking place at a difficult time in the Middle East and the world which is being pushed into a large-scale conflict, while the Council is powerless.

Mohammed Shia’al Sudani stressed that this is a difficult test of the world order that threatens its existence.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago
[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wonder whether the war/escalation in Lebanon is being timed. Netanyahu knows he needs to keep the war going, which basically means the Israeli state's broadened rampage across Southwest Asia, taking advantage of the unwavering support of the US.

The US presidential election is less than 40 days away, making this one of very few times that could make war a sensitive issue. An escalation now might be an October Surprise to tip the scales towards Trump, and anger the Biden/Harris administration which might end up somewhat constraining its support in retaliation.

But once the election is decided, the war will only have a minute effect on the fortunes of American politicians. Biden's approval rating started to tank as soon as the retreat from Afghanistan happened, and never fully recovered, but in the long run it was better for the Democrats to get the geopolitical embarrassment out of the way at the beginning of the term, so that the electorate would have enough time to start caring about it.

In a parallel vein, I wouldn't be surprised if the IDF are going to strategically time an invasion of Lebanon to a few days after the election. No matter which party wins, it will be less politically risky, as they know they'll be able to count on the support of Trump of Harris as soon as the chips fall.

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[–] newmou@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I’m seeing more comments about how much dooming there is in this thread than actual dooming in this thread

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[–] Iwishiwasntthisway@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago

Can somebody point me to any good resources about the relationship between Russia and Syria? It looks like another proxy front is going to open up there, and if NATO is starting to pressure Zelensky to reach a settlement I assume Russia can just flood it with weapons. Basically a reverse Operation Cyclone. The wartime economy has also been pretty good to Russia

[–] Voidance@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago (27 children)

The pager attack and now getting their leadership taken out - Hezbollah must be heavily compromised. And that means those Israeli air strikes probably have been hitting weapons stockpiles. Meanwhile Iran has shown it’s not willing to escalate under any circumstances. A very bad situation.

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[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Algerian state has filed a complaint with the Paris judiciary against the European MP Sarah Knafo of the “Reconquête” party.

MEP Sarah Knafo is the partner of Eric Zemmour, who has been convicted several times on racial hatred charges and is known for his anti-immigration and anti-Algerian stances in particular.

looked it up, she said Fr*nce sent 800million to Algeria and 120million to China each year article is in fr&nch just translate it.
https://www.20minutes.fr/economie/4111460-20240923-france-donne-800-millions-algerie-tous-ans-pourquoi-affirmations-doivent-etre-nuancees

[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reposting my comment on the last mega

Latest count of deaths in Lebanon is 274. Over a 1000 injured. There were 1 (or maybe 2) targeted ambulances

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 49 points 1 month ago

Only 2k comments, this clearly has been a slow week aware

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hezbollah In defense of Lebanon and its people, our fighters bombed the Megiddo military airport west of Afula with a barrage of Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 missiles.

bombed the Ramat David airbase with a barrage of Fadi-2 missiles.

targeted the Amos base (the main base for transportation and logistical support in the northern region) with a salvo of Fadi 1 missiles.

targeted the explosives factory in the Zikhron area, which is 60 km from the border, with a salvo of Fadi 2 missiles.

Hezbollah confirms top commander in ‘full health’ after latest Israeli strike on Beirut

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