> And there's no indication that all of them were Hezbollah members.
Hezbollah runs a parallel communications network in Lebanon. Nobody but Hezbollah members would have these devices or even be able to connect to the network,
In the Arabic news, which I read as well, there are reports of an 8 year old girl killed. Other than that, it seems that 10 to 12 Hezbollah operatives were killed and over 2700 injured - 1000 seriously. That is a calculated risk that civilians will be injured or killed. Hezbollah recently bombed a playground in Israel and killed 12 or 13 children playing football. So if this attack prevents just one additional successful Hezbollah attack it is a net win.
You should know that most of the north of Israel have been evacuated for months due to Hezbollah fire. They rain dozens to hundreds of missiles on Israel every day, for almost an entire year now.
> You should know that most of the north of Israel have been evacuated for months due to Hezbollah fire. They rain dozens to hundreds of missiles on Israel every day, for almost an entire year now.
The bombing of a playground in Israel that killed children in July are tragic [0]. De-escalation should be a priority for all parties involved.
But, we need to acknowledge that both sides have engaged in attacks that have resulted in civilian casualties and widespread displacement.
According to recent data on cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon from October 2023 to June 2024 [1]:
Yes, statistics and lies. The Israeli attacks have been against military targets and weapons depots, even when those weapons depots are in civilian infrastructure. The vast, vast majority of Hezbollah attacks have been against civilian infrastructure with no military value.
No, actually, they don't. Go read some Lebanese newspapers - they are more critical of Hezbollah (and sometimes Iran) than are Israel.
Unless by "the other side" you mean Hezbollah and Iran. I'd love to hear your defense of them. Is Hezbollah protecting Lebanon by getting involved? Do you believe that they are they "on the road to AlQuds (Jerusalem)", as they say?
First off, what makes Israel's efforts/existence legitimate but Hezbollah's/Hamas's/Houthi's illegitimate? To start with Israel is an occupying power (illegally by definition), a bully and a terrorist state (by the historical record), so any counteraction to such depravity certainly has more legitimacy.
Second, you mention the children casualties, after the Majdal Shams attack, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. You should know that the Druze community despise the Israeli government and asked that no government ministers attend the funeral. But you try to use their deaths as a pretext for more deaths. As if the more than 40,000 direct deaths (the number of indirect deaths is possibly in the hundreds of thousands) of civilians and children in Gaza weren't enough. That's just for starters.
I'll add a third point and stop here. If similar measures were to be taken to make sure that the state you support will never again kill or terrorise, Israel would be no more
I believe Hezbollahs stated goals is the expulsion of Jews while Israel is interested in defending itself. Especially for Hezbollah it is their raison d'être. These positions are not equal.
That they want Jews expulsed is what they state themselves and I am inclined to believe them on that point at least.
In the Arabic news, which I read as well, there are reports of an 8 year old girl killed. Other than that, it seems that 10 to 12 Hezbollah operatives were killed and over 2700 injured - 1000 seriously. That is a calculated risk that civilians will be injured or killed. Hezbollah recently bombed a playground in Israel and killed 12 or 13 children playing football. So if this attack prevents just one additional successful Hezbollah attack it is a net win.
You should know that most of the north of Israel have been evacuated for months due to Hezbollah fire. They rain dozens to hundreds of missiles on Israel every day, for almost an entire year now.