iran is also over...israel "detonates" multiple fronts
2024-10-02
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it has been a year since the new round of palestinian-israeli conflict broke out on october 7 last year. so far in the war, israeli military operations in the gaza strip have killed more than 40,000 palestinians and injured more than 90,000. not only did the ceasefire and peace talks in the middle east, which the international community generally expected, not come, israel's multiple fronts against the houthi armed forces in lebanon, yemen, and syria were also detonated.
at the general debate of the 79th united nations general assembly held on september 27, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who came to power amidst boos, banged on the table to "show toughness", ignored representatives from many countries to leave the meeting in protest, and even threatened to attack iran, there is no place in the middle east beyond the reach of israel's long arm. shortly after stepping down from the podium, he ordered the most violent air strikes on lebanon in nearly a year.
it can be said that israel’s recent attacks on hezbollah in lebanon are beyond recognition and shocking in both means and intensity:
the death pager explosion is considered a new attack mode, and behind it lies concerns about the security of the global supply chain. the scary thing is that common electronic products around us may become "modern hidden weapons", making people live in fear of explosion at any time.
the top leaders of hezbollah were almost wiped out. in particular, the leader nasrallah, known as the "phoenix", was killed in an air strike. this created a power vacuum for hezbollah, and it suffered humiliation unprecedented in recent years, triggering shocks in the middle east.
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this is the scene of an israeli air strike taken in the southeastern lebanese town of shyam on september 30. xinhua news agency
the lebanese-israeli conflict has a long history.
since the outbreak of a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict last year, lebanese hezbollah has launched attacks in northern israel from time to time. israeli air strikes and shelling of targets in southern lebanon have retaliated, causing 1,640 deaths and 8,408 injuries in lebanon.
it can be seen that the conflicts between israel and lebanon mainly focus on lebanese hezbollah. what kind of existence is hezbollah?
hezbollah is currently the only armed political faction in lebanon. as a legal political party in lebanon, hezbollah has independent media organizations, including newspapers, radio stations, and television stations.
in june 1982, the israeli army dispatched ground troops, marines and airborne troops to invade lebanon on a large scale, occupying southern lebanon and driving the palestinian national liberation movement (fatah) led by arafat out of lebanon. in the same year, hezbollah was established in lebanon and was dedicated to fighting israel. nasrallah also joined hezbollah in this year.
under the leadership of nasrallah, hezbollah's armed organization "islamic resistance" has confronted the israeli army many times. at the same time, hezbollah has been extensively involved in lebanese domestic politics and has developed into an important political force in lebanon over the past few decades.
hezbollah was born out of opposition to israel and has close ties with iran. some western countries believe that hezbollah is an important agent of iran in the middle east and receives economic assistance, military support and personnel training from iran. the united states lists hezbollah as a "terrorist organization", and the european union includes hezbollah's armed forces on the "blacklist" of terrorist organizations.
this photo released on september 30 shows israeli troops on the israeli side of the border between israel and lebanon. xinhua news agency
in the early morning of october 1, the israeli army entered lebanon again after 18 years and launched ground operations against hezbollah’s military targets. according to reuters, the ground invasion of lebanon marks another escalation of the conflict between israel and the "arc of resistance" of the anti-israel alliance in the region dominated by israel.
the defense ministers of the united states and israel spoke in a phone call after the israeli ground operation. both sides warned that iran would face "serious consequences" if it launched a direct military strike against israel.
iran, which once vowed to retaliate but took no substantive action, ignored warnings from the united states and israel and responded this time.
according to a report by iranian state television on the 1st, iran launched multiple missiles towards israel. iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps issued a statement on iranian television and radio on the 1st, saying that iran's first missile attack on israel that day was successful.
the statement said that in response to the "martyrdom" of palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas) leader haniyeh, lebanese hezbollah leader nasrallah and iran's islamic revolutionary guards corps senior general nil forushan, iran's missile attacks targeted the heart of israel. if israel responds to iran's actions, it will face a "devastating attack."
immediately afterwards, u.s. national security council spokesman sean savit issued a statement on the 1st, saying that u.s. president biden ordered the u.s. military to help israel defend itself against attacks from iran.
the statement said biden and vice president harris are monitoring iran's attacks on israel in the white house situation room and are receiving regular updates from the national security team. biden directed the u.s. military to help israel defend itself against iranian attacks and shoot down missiles targeting israel.
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