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Israel Defense Force has begun or is about to begin a Limited-Ground Operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon
2024-09-29
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

NYT: Israel has sent undercover commandos deep into Lebanon for ‘sensitive intelligence missions’

[IsraelTimes] The New York Times

...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

says that Israel has worked since the conclusion of the Second Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
War in 2006 to build up a formidable intelligence apparatus that deeply penetrated the Hezbollah terror organization.

The report says Israel has sent undercover commandos "deep into the country" to carry out "sensitive intelligence missions."
“Shhh! Don’t tell anybody — it’s a SECRET! And they're all disguised as *checks carefully under the bed and in the refrigerator for spies*SQUIRRELS!!!”
Officials tell the outlet that Israel’s willingness to carry out daring missions sets it apart from the intelligence agencies and units of other countries.

The report additionally says the focus of the IDF’s signals intelligence Unit 8200 on Hezbollah meant that the military could pass information to the US that resulted in the Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
killed General Qassem Soleimani
in Iraq in January 2020.
Posted by:Fred

#2  ^wrong article
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-09-29 13:26  

#1  Where are Hezbollah when you need it?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-09-29 13:24  

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