The Israeli Air Force (IAF) flew over Beirut while Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, gave a speech vowing revenge for a series of pager and walkie-talkie attacks over the past two days.
Israeli Air Force fighter jets broke the sound barrier and dropped flares in a show of force clearly intended to humiliate Nasrallah.
The simultaneous detonation of pagers used by Hezbollah officials killed more than 20 people and injured more than 3,000, most of whom were terrorists, but not Nasrallah.
The fatuous Hezbollah leader vowed revenge, acknowledging that the terror group had suffered a major blow but vowing to continue fighting Israel and thwart its goal of returning 60,500 Israeli civilians to their homes.
Civilians were evacuated last October after Hezbollah launched unprovoked rocket, missile and drone attacks on Israeli towns in northern Israel in solidarity with a Hamas terror attack on October 7. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701The resolution that ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006 requires Hezbollah not to be allowed near Israel's borders and to lay down its weapons, but the UN has not enforced it.
The Israel Times Reported:
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged in a televised address that the terror group had suffered a “massive and unprecedented” blow but vowed to bounce back and keep fighting.
“Israeli efforts have been largely thwarted,” Nasrallah said. “We will investigate what happened,” he said, adding that an investigative committee has been set up.
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“we [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, [Defense Minister Yoav] Gallant and Israelis: “We will not stop our attacks until our enemies stop their war in Gaza.”
Because both Hamas and Hezbollah are controlled by Iran, the United States is trying to link a ceasefire in Gaza to the restoration of calm along the Lebanese-Israeli border, but there are no indications that Hamas is ready to accept a ceasefire unless Israel renounces the war and allows the terrorist group to regroup.
As Nasrallah spoke, the Israeli air force was flying over Beirut and launching attacks on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. The odds of avoiding all-out war are rapidly shrinking, but Israel has said it will make concessions if Hezbollah agrees to abide by UN Security Council Resolution 1701, regardless of its involvement in Gaza.
Iran, Hezbollah's patron, I swore Israel will be punished by the so-called “Axis of Resistance,” a term the Iranian regime has used against terrorist groups in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq, even though it evokes the fascist states that allied with Nazi Germany in World War II.
On Thursday, Hezbollah opened fire on Israeli military positions, killing two Israeli soldiers on the border. Israelis widely support a war with Hezbollah to restore security in northern Israel, but such a war would likely result in heavy casualties.
Israel has warned that it will not refrain from attacking targets in Beirut in the event of war.
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