War Hezbollah and Israel

Just seen this terrible news, from what I have read many of the injured and dead are children

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-claims-rocket-attack-on-golan-that-wounded-civilians-including-kids/

And, since October, Israel has been spreading something else in southern Lebanon - choking, searing clumps of white phosphorus, contained in munitions.

Whatever is the nastiest option.

Thank you @EasterIssland
I don't normally read bbc news

The BBC has been covering the situation - there was an article on their website this morning.

About 60,000 people in Israel and 90,000 in Lebanon. All displaced.
@Scirocco

Why isn't this mainstream ?
Should be shouted about , but unfortunately doesn't fit that narrative.

Can you please point me in the direction of where I can get news , I follow on X and always reporting missile attacks in northern Israel.

All we hear is Gaza and it's mostly Hamas propaganda

After nearly 9 months the IDF has destroyed much of Gaza but still does not have operational control, has not destroyed Hamas or located the remaining hostages. Daniel Hagari has recently admitted that Hamas cannot be defeated because it's an ideology and not just a fighting force.

Hezbollah are much better equipped and organised. They have been practicing how to defeat the Iron Dome for months. They will use cheap rockets to exhaust iron dome munitions and then they will have free reign to invade northern Israel. Their recent drone footage makes it clear they have planned for this and are warning Israel not to start a war with them.
If Israel starts a war Nasrallah has said the resistance will fight back "without restraint, without rules and without limits". It will be bloody, very ugly and entirely avoidable.

Why the USA are agreeing to support this escalation is beyond me? Netanyahu is due to address congress in the 24th July, presumably to demand more military aid and support.

Putin has visited North Korea, Turkey looks set to leave NATO and join BRICS and the USA and Philippines are conducting combat drills in the south China Sea. Feels like a slow march to world war three with too many people boasting about their nuclear capabilities. It's feels like we have reached a critical mass of lunatics running things.

The destablising force in the ME is Iran. How can we get so far into a thread about Hezbollah without mentioning Iran? If the US stays 'the fuck out' then Israel will be destroyed by Iran. Its US intervention that is preventing not creating a wider war. Its Iran that needs to pull back.Wringing your hands and saying war is bad is a completely pointless response to the reality people are in in the ME.

Why anybody would think another war in the middle east is a good idea is beyond me. Israeli people will suffer too, there will be consequences for many Countries I suspect. The whole region will be destabilised for many years. The USA should stay the fuck out of it instead of stoking the fire. Is it too much to hope our idiot politicians will stay out of it??

But if they get wiped out, the world might have some peace.

About 60,000 people in Israel and 90,000 in Lebanon. All displaced.

Is it true that over 60,000 Israelis have been displaced for months due to hezbollah's rockets? I've heard various different figures.

I thought the same thing when watching the news this morning.
I wasn't sure if they were still reporting Israeli
air raids but not Hamas's.or anybody else's. The way the media report it the sole attacker is Israel.

Hezbollah is a significant military power and well resourced, not comparable to Hamas at all - they’ve got a proper army. They’d be well matched to fight Isreal, unlike Hamas which have no hope against them.

The last thing this world needs, is more war, and more displaced and traumatised people. War is an out of touch man’s game, that damages both us and our planet. Time to think of something better!

A full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel is a terrible idea for everyone involved. It can only serve to further destabilise the region. I think it's likely - no country could be expected to stand by indefinitely while being bombed, set on fire and its civilians displaced - but it's a horrible prospect.