steventhedev , 7 months ago

Israeli strikes in Lebanon are against Hezbollah fighters who are launching ATGM, mortars, or other munitions into Israel. This particular incident is exceptional in two ways:

1. This is a relatively senior ranking member who was killed (number 3 in the Radwan Force)
2. This appears to have been an attack of opportunity rather than a retaliatory strike

Reuters did a shit job on background context here. It took me 20 minutes half paying attention to a meeting that should have been an email to dig this up:

• Hezbollah has launched 565 coordinated attacks (usually barrages against multiple targets along the border) on Israeli territory resulting in 4 civilian and 12 military fatalities and many more injured.
• Due to the ongoing attacks, over 80,000 Israelis are internally displaced, and all the villages within 4km of the border have been evacuated.
• Hezbollah were required to demilitarize and disarm as a consequence of binding UN Security Council resolution 1701 from 2006.
• The Radwan force are a group within Hezbollah whose mission is to infiltrate into Israel and commit massacres against civilians.
• Hezbollah is a terrorist organization designated as such by the US, UK, Canada, EU, and many other countries.