Israel Declares 'Readiness for War' After Hamas Launches Rocket Barrage, Infiltration

[TBoneTX 45,668]

Some enterprising PhD student could write his dissertation on the landmark ways in which the Israeli military is minimizing civilian casualties in ways never even approached before.

[Dashinka 24,657]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

Some enterprising PhD student could write his dissertation on the landmark ways in which the Israeli military is minimizing civilian casualties in ways never even approached before.

No doubt.  I wonder how many civilians were killed when the UK and US we’re carpet bombing Germany, or the U.S. was firebombing Japan.

[TBoneTX 45,668]

8 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

No doubt.  I wonder how many civilians were killed when the UK and US we’re carpet bombing Germany, or the U.S. was firebombing Japan.

Yes -- and these deaths were considered regrettable but necessary in bringing those enemies to their knees.

[TBoneTX 45,668]

Israel Intercepts Arms Shipment From Iran to Gaza

 

On Wednesday, Fox News presented a video of an arms shipment reportedly intercepted by Israeli forces.  The video was not accompanied by any narration or indeed any audio, but reportedly shows a cache of weapons and explosives headed for Hamas in Gaza, and supplied by Iran.

 

The video displays a wide range of arms and munitions, including mines, hand-thrown grenades, and other explosives, rocket-propelled grenade launchers (the infamous RPG-7 of Cold War infamy) what appear to be a variety of sidearms including Glock and Beretta pistols, and interestingly, what look to be AR-15 platform rifles, although whether they are the M-16/M4 version that has the full-auto or 3-shot burst capability is not discernible.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/04/03/israel-intercepts-arms-shipment-from-iran-to-gaza-n2172249

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Apr 3, 2024 - ISW Press

Several Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have signaled their desire to disrupt the “land bridge” connecting Israel to the Persian Gulf. Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba Secretary General Akram al Kaabi criticized the “land bridge,” which passes through the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, in a speech on April 3. Kataib Hezbollah military spokesperson Hussein Moanes similarly declared on April 1 that the group is prepared to arm Iranian-backed militants in Jordan and “cut off” land routes that reach Israel.

https://www.understandingwar.org/

[TBoneTX 45,668]

I agree with this 100%; after reading the whole thing, what do you think?

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Israel Is Risking Losing This War By Caring What People Who Hate It Think

 

[...] The problem is not that Netanyahu has been too harsh, as our idiot president claims.  It's that Netanyahu has been too gentle (Yes, I understand a war cabinet is leading Israel, but he is still the face of it.).  And too slow.  Joe Biden has betrayed every ally America has had, from South Vietnam to Afghanistan and Bibi somehow imagined that creep would not sell-out Israel?  Speed was of the essence.  Why was Rafah not glass months ago?  Netanyahu waited, and that gave Biden the time to sell out Israel.

Restraining was a mistake.  The fact is that Israel has, to a far too great extent, tried to fight this war on terms that would satisfy its leftist enemies in the United States and other anti-Semites around the world.  That was an error from the beginning.  Israel's strategy should have focused on victory, not on trying to mollify its critics.  They will cry no matter what.  Let them cry over defeated terrorists.  Do you know what mollifies critics most effectively?  Winning.  Israel should've done that, and fast.  But it didn't.  Despite the courage and skill of the IDF, who are a credit to their great nation, Israel's leadership chose to fight this war and is still fighting this war in a manner that allows others who do not have Israel's best interest at heart to dictate its strategic and tactical prerogatives.  That is a grave error.  That is putting Israel in danger.  [...]

 

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/04/08/israel-is-risking-losing-this-war-by-caring-what-people-who-hate-it-think-n2637467

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Someone Should Tell the 'Ceasefire Now' Idiots That Hamas Just Rejected Another Proposal

 

[...] New reports have emerged that ceasefire offers are being rejected by Hamas because the terrorists are unable to locate 40 living hostages, a horrific reality that raises many more dark questions: [...]

 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/04/08/hamas-rejects-another-ceasefire-n2637509

[Dashinka 24,657]

I think Obama was right about Old Corrupt Petulant Joe.

 

'Mistake': Kabul Bug-Out Author Wonders Why Israel Won't Just Stop Fighting for a Couple of Months

 

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/04/10/mistake-kabul-bug-out-author-wonders-why-israel-wont-just-stop-fighting-for-a-couple-of-months-n3786237

[TBoneTX 45,668]

9 hours ago, Dashinka said:

I think Obama was right about Old Corrupt Petulant Joe.

Yes.

 

Any sensible leader would have given the terrorists a very short deadline to return all hostages in decent physical condition, and, if this deadline wasn't met, would have immediately leveled every structure in Gaza without regard to man or beast.  Simultaneously, a special and very hot gift would have been reserved for Tehran.

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BREAKING:  Hamas Offers To Release Zero Hostages In Exchange For All Jews Being Wiped From The Face Of The Earth

 

GAZA — After months of intense negotiation with the Biden administration, Hamas has at last agreed to release zero hostages in exchange for wiping every Jew off the face of the planet.

President Biden hailed the agreement as a massive breakthrough, with Hamas having rejected previous offers to exterminate only some of the Jews.  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/breaking-hamas-offers-to-release-zero-hostages-in-exchange-for-all-jews-being-wiped-from-the-face-of-the-earth

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Is a Preemptive Strike in the Offing?

 

Perhaps the most worrisome news of the day is the Iranian threat to launch a massive drone and missile attack against Israel.  Up to this time, Iran has worked with considerable effect through its proxies, principally the Houthis in Yemen, Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and — if it is not too far-fetched to suggest — Iran's increasingly reliable proxy outrider the United States of America under the feckless and incompetent Joe Biden.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/david-solway-2/2024/04/11/is-a-preemptive-strike-in-the-offing-n4928096

[TBoneTX 45,668]

Say, Did You Hear About Hamas' Plan to Enslave the Jews?

 

Did Hamas merely want to kick-start the statehood process with its barbaric rapes and murders on 1200-plus unarmed men, women, and children on October 7?  Not according to a report from Haaretz last week.  Hamas leaders had launched the attack expecting to trigger a calamitous and overwhelming conquest of Israel.  In fact, they had such confidence in their war strategy that they had already divided Israel into cantons, assigned leadership to them, and made plans for its population under a new Islamist regime.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/04/12/say-did-you-hear-hamas-plan-to-enslave-the-jews-n3786380

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

Looks like it is on!!!  Swarms of Iranian drones now headed toward Israel?  I think Iran just screwed up big time.

[Dashinka 24,657]

51 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Looks like it is on!!!  Swarms of Iranian drones now headed toward Israel?  I think Iran just screwed up big time.

I do wonder what Hezbolla and the Houthis will do.

[TBoneTX 45,668]

I wonder whether we should have a separate thread for this attack.

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Iran attacks Israel:  IDF warns that threat is ongoing, interceptions continue

 

Sirens blared across Israel on Saturday night as hundreds of drones and missiles launched from Iran reached Israel.  Drones and missiles were also reportedly launched from Yemen and other countries around the region.

 

A seven-year-old girl from a Bedouin village near Arad was seriously wounded by the Iranian attack, according to Magen David Adom.  Minor damage was caused to infrastructure at an IDF base in southern Israel during the attack as well, according to IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari.

 

At 3:00 a.m., IDF Chief Spokesman Daniel Hagari said that Iran had launched a large-scale massive swarm of over 200 killer drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles toward Israel.  "Together [with our partners], we are operating at this very moment.  So far, we have intercepted a vast majority of missiles, attack drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles outside of Israel's border," he said.  [...]

 

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-796838