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Middle East News!
11/1//24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
The Battle in Lebanon
Thankfully, between the IDF’s constant airstrikes and Hezbollah’s difficulty in rearming, the terrorist group is finding it more and more difficult to strike at Israel.
Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, said on Tuesday that Hezbollah only has 20% of its rockets and missiles left, and those batteries are not organized. Every day, that number decreases even more as the IDF carries out its sorties.
This past week in Lebanon, the key cities of Beirut, Baalbek, and Tyre were all hit particularly hard. Iran is watching this and realizing that Hezbollah cannot effectively respond to Israel. At the same time, Hezbollah is watching Iran and learning that it can no longer rely on them.
In other news, Hezbollah has announced a new leader to take the place of Hassan Nasrallah who was permanently removed from office in a targeted killing by the IDF in Beirut. Naim Qassem, a former deputy of Nasrallah, is now the official secretary general of the terrorist group. Israel has already warned him that his days are numbered!
Gaza and UNRWA
On Tuesday, a unit of elite “ghost” IDF soldiers entered a building in Jabalia, northern Gaza. As they reached the upper floors, an explosive device was detonated killing four, aged 20-to-22, and wounding three others, one of them seriously. Once again, the nation mourned.
On Monday, the Israeli Knesset passed a law banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating within its borders. Not surprisingly, the UN is having kittens, as is most of the world’s media. But anyone who has been following the war, beginning with the October 7 attack, know that UNRWA has allowed itself to be used by, and at times actively participated with, the terrorists of Hamas. How could any nation be expected to allow a pseudo-humanitarian agency that is actively working toward the country’s demise to operate free-and-clear? Kudos to Israel’s government for shutting down these shills and charlatans.
West Bank Terrorism
Several dozen people were boarding a bus at a stop near Glilot base north of Tel Aviv on Sunday morning. Suddenly, a full trailer truck intentionally swerved off the road and plowed through the crowd and into the bus. At least 40 were injured, with one 72-year-old man succumbing to his wounds The driver of the truck, an Israel Arab from Kalansweh, an Arab city just outside the borders of the West Bank, was shot dead by civilians at the scene.
Later that same day, a terrorist accelerated his vehicle toward IDF soldiers who were carrying out counterterrorism work in Hizma, West Bank. When no one was struck, the driver leapt from his vehicle with a knife in his hand in an attempt to stab someone. He was shot and killed by soldiers. We cannot forget about the West Bank when we are praying for Israel. It is a growing breeding ground for radical terrorism and can be just as dangerous for IDF troops as Lebanon and Gaza.
Ceasefire Negotiations
Pay little attention to the different “Ceasefire Negotiations” floating through the various media outlets, and don’t set set your heart on them. Most of these are hollow efforts to gain public recognition before the coming election. Besides, we hope that most of those promoting and heralding these ceasefire deals will soon be fired. We should pray for peace, but not the false, temporary “quiet” that the politicians promote. It was that “quiet” which produced the massacre of October 7 in the south, and a near worse one on Israel’s border in the north.
The new Israel that is emerging from the abyss should not be interested in “QUIET” any longer, nor trust any word from their enemies in efforts to stop their military advances. This war will last as long as it needs to in order to rearrange the Middle East’s balance of power in favor of Israel and the nations that uphold them.
Israel Strikes Iran
Early Saturday morning, Israel executed its strike against Iran in retaliation for the Islamic regime’s Operation True Promise 2 – a failed operation which launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Not surprisingly, the IDF was much more successful than Iran’s IRGC. After hacking and freezing Iranian radar screens, the Israeli Air Force was able to send wave after wave of bomb-laden jets toward Tehran and other key strategic sites.
Here are some of the ramifications of this attack. First, the strike wiped out Iran’s air defense capabilities, including their three remaining Russian S-300 air defense systems. Second, Tehran was made especially vulnerable by this strategy, as was western Iran from which the long-range missiles had been fired toward Israel. Third, the IDF estimates that it will be two-to-three years before Iran can build back up their air defense capabilities. Fourth, although Iran still holds over 2,000 long-range ballistic missiles, it will have to ration them because their ability to build more was destroyed by the Israeli airstrike. Fifth, there was unfortunately no damage to Iran’s stockpile of UAVs. Sixth, Israel is preparing for a retaliatory strike by Iran. However, this time the Americans are expected to participate to a greater degree in the defense and interception of missiles.
In summary, Israel’s strike on Iran was very complex that took out numerous, high-value targets with every plane returning safely. Israel has now proven that it can strike Iran when and where it wants. Iran was left with a much-weakened air defense system, while Israel’s defense system has recently been bolstered by three additional U.S. THAAD air defense systems. Israel has grown stronger, while Iran has become much weaker. Now, Israel sits and waits alongside much of the world to see how the U.S. presidential election will play out November 5.
Will Iran Retaliate, Again?
CNN reported that Iran has likely made a decision to respond against Israel BEFORE the U.S. elections on this coming Tuesday. Wow! The probable reason for them making such an ill-advised move is because they think there’s a strong likelihood former President Trump will return to the White House which will make striking Israel back much more difficult. Thus, they let their demonic Islamic pride overcome their common sense. If the chance of this happening is shown to be high, then we just might see Israel preemptively strike Iran with a harder blow. This could be a very interesting weekend.
One last thing to remember: if Iran thinks that Israel has forgotten their attempt on the life of Prime Minister Netanyahu, they are sadly mistaken. Sleep on that, Mr. Supreme Leader.
A Contrast of American Women
Lisa Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, is actively advocating within the Lebanese political system for the government to begin preparing for a post-Hezbollah era. “The Lebanese people must demonstrate their determination to rise up and free themselves from Hezbollah,” the ambassador was reported as saying. Agreed, Ambassador Johnson, and well said. It is only when the citizens of Lebanon unite to oust Hezbollah that the people will finally be free.
In contrast, Ariana Tabatabai, the Pentagon official under suspicion for leaking highly classified material about Israel to Iran, has been transferred to a new role where she will oversee education and training within the Defense Secretary’s office. With this new position, she will have much less access to confidential material. But the obvious question is why does she have access to any material at all and why has she not yet been arrested? Biden and Harris continue to project weakness and foolishness.
A Contrast of UNIFIL Responses
Eight Austrian soldiers assigned to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured by a Hezbollah rocket on Tuesday that was fired into the middle of the international force’s Naqoura base in Lebanon. The world’s media responded with a stern whisper followed by silence. However, when Israel attacked terrorists near the same base back on October 10, the collective heads of the international community exploded. Hezbollah conducted a direct attack on UNIFIL; Israel conducted an adjacent attack that didn’t touch UNIFIL. But are we surprised at the responses? Absolutely not. As we all know – no Jews, no news.
