It's official: Israel has invaded Lebanon.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-821158
IDF soldiers entered southern Lebanon as part of a ground assault on Monday night as the conflict with Hezbollah continues to escalate, AFP reported.
This is the first IDF ground operation in Lebanon since the Second Lebanon War in 2006.
This follows earlier reports that Israel notified the US that it intends to launch a limited ground operation into Lebanon that could begin within hours, a US official confirmed to CBS on Monday. Other news sources have reported that an Israeli incursion could come within the coming days.
Israeli-Hezbollah tensions boil over into open war
The IDF invasion follows an ongoing pattern of escalation between Hezbollah and the IDF since the start of the Israel-Hamas War.
On Friday, the IDF carried out an airstrike on Hezbollah's central headquarters, killing former secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah.
Previous IDF strikes have killed numerous senior Hezbollah terrorists in recent weeks, including a strike on Beirut that killed at least 16 high-ranking Hezbollah members, including Hezbollah's Operations Division chief Ibrahim Aliq.
This also follows a series of widespread incidents throughout Lebanon and Syria where several communications devices owned by members of Hezbollah, such as pagers and radios, mysteriously exploded, killing several and wounding thousands. Hezbollah and foreign reports accused Israel of being behind the incidents.
The Iran-backed terrorist group has also been firing numerous rockets, drones, and missiles at the Jewish state since the start of the Israel-Hamas War, with the frequent barrages forcing tens of thousands of Israelis to flee from their homes in the North.
The last time Israel sent troops into Lebanon, I was 11 years old. That conflict lasted for 34 days. However, in today's febrile climate, this conflict is (in my view, at least) very likely to drag on for much longer and potentially escalate into a larger regional (and quite possibly even global) war.
So, rDrama... how long will Israel's war with Lebanon last this time?
Finally, I've got 200 coins if one of you makes a marseyflaghezbollah emoji that we can use to represent Hezbollah (the Lebanon flag one doesn't really cut it when we're talking only about Hezbollah). Just put the Hezbollah flag on and the coins are yours.
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Who will come out the victor?
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How is this one measured?
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I'd say Lebanon victory is anything that forces an Israeli retreat or causes large number of Israeli causalities. Israel victory will be apparent as they control the land and airspace. Neither would be Israel failing to control the area while taking few casualties regardless of the number they kill.
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I'm betting Israel rolls Hezbollah back beyond the zone the UN controls, the peacekeepers sit around with their peepees in their hands while Israel blows up every single structure in the area (because they all have Iranian cruise missiles in them), some strongly worded letters get written, Lebanon pretends to be a real country and claims they cut a deal with Israel to actually keep Hezbollah down, the Israelis go back and continue landscaping Gaza so it's a nice building surface for the hotel complex Jared Kushner and MBS will build
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But did they drop pieces of paper telling people to leave or die? If you do that, you are allowed renovate any building you suspect of having terrorist.
You act like only western collegoids care about palestinoids
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The good ending.
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Pizzashill declares the victor based on his vast repository of knowledge on all things important (pistachio market and Fred Meyer policy)
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If Israel kills 100% of Hezzies they'll all just be replaced by younger, stronger, and angrier new recruits, so a total Hezbollah victory.
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Israel is basically creating Orcs through selective evolution pressure as each new generation of Muslim terrorists becomes more r-slurred but also more bloodthirsty
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That's just the breeding program encouraged by Mohammed
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I miss clicked
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I didn't even mean to vote at all.
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Rip our goombling money
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remember, nothing ever happens
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