{"id":110145,"date":"2024-10-04T03:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110145"},"modified":"2024-10-04T03:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T20:22:00","slug":"what-is-israels-new-resolve-in-the-face-of-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110145","title":{"rendered":"What is Israel\u2019s new resolve in the face of Hezbollah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"startBannerSticky\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p><em>And you, my father, there on the sad height,<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p><em>Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">  <\/section>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p><em>Do not go gentle into that good night.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p><em>Rage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>So goes the final stanza of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas\u2019s most famous poem: \u201cDo not go gentle into that good night.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Last Friday, Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-822078\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> stood at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly and, after quoting a verse from the Book of Samuel \u2013 \u201cThe eternity of Israel will not falter\u201d \u2013 paraphrased Thomas.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\"> <\/section>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael will not go gently into that good night,\u201d he said. Then, connecting Thomas to that quote from the Book of Samuel, he added: \u201cWe will never need to rage against the dying of the light because the torch of Israel will forever shine bright.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>As Netanyahu spoke those words, events were already in motion. Some two hours later, the IAF swooped down on Beirut\u2019s Dahiyeh neighborhood and dropped the bombs that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-822789\">Hezbollah<\/a> head and arch-terrorist Hassan Nasrallah.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Talk about rage and not going gently into the good night.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">\n<section class=\"script-3632-container-wrap\">\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"script-3632-container\">\n<div class=\"script-3632-text\">\n<p class=\"script-3632-text-first\">Stay updated with the latest news!<\/p>\n<p class=\"script-3632-text-second\">Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p>After 11 months of tens of thousands of residents evacuated from their homes in the North because of Hezbollah\u2019s unprovoked attacks \u2013 and Israel responding in a tit-for-tat fashion \u2013 this action showed Netanyahu was serious when he told the UN that, when it comes to Hezbollah in Lebanon, \u201cenough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The killing of Nasrallah marked a turning point, but it was far from the final chapter. Early Tuesday morning, Israel took the next calculated step in what appears as a carefully prepared escalation \u2013 a limited, targeted ground incursion into southern Lebanon aimed at the Hezbollah strongholds that threaten the communities along the border. All this underscored the seriousness of Netanyahu\u2019s declaration to the UN.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<figure class=\"article-image-in-body\"><figcaption class=\"article-image-caption article-image-credit\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his Sunday address following rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, September 22, 2024 (credit: SCREENSHOT\/YOUTUBE\/GPO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Friday night&#8217;s assassination of Nasrallah marked a high point in the stunning shift in mood and fortunes as the Jewish people stand ready to usher in a new year on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\"> <\/section>\n<\/p>\n<p>If, two weeks ago, the country was reeling from the worst year since its inception \u2013 wounded, divided, riven by self-doubts, concerned about the future \u2013 the turn of events that began on September 17 with the mysterious exploding beepers in Lebanon and culminated (so far) in the killing of Nasrallah has led to newfound confidence and cautious optimism that out of the ashes of October 7, something positive may yet emerge, though at a horrible price.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>If, two weeks ago, things looked only bleak \u2013 a failure to free the hostages; an ongoing war in Gaza, though on a low burner; Hezbollah depopulating the North; Iran surrounding the country with a \u201cring of fire\u201d; the nation once again drifting into confrontational camps \u2013 today things look brighter.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThese are momentous days,\u201d Netanyahu said Saturday night upon returning from the UN and addressing the country after Nasrallah\u2019s demise. \u201cWe are at what seems to be a historic turning point.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>He is not exaggerating.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The decimation of Hezbollah\u2019s leadership and significant degradation of its military capabilities, the defanging of Hamas (it cannot carry out anything like the October 7 attack perpetrated a year ago), and the paranoia, doubt, and hesitance in Iran create a new, better reality.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>This does not mean that Israel should be in a state of euphoria. On the contrary, euphoria leads to arrogance, underestimating the enemy, hubris, and mistakes. The country cannot \u2013 must not \u2013 go there. The hostages are still rotting in Hamas\u2019s tunnels, IDF soldiers are now perilously on the ground inside Lebanon, the challenges are enormous, and the concerns just as great.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>But over the last two weeks, the ground has shifted, and \u2013 after a year \u2013 the tide seems to have begun to turn.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<h3><strong>Looking at Kushner&#8217;s response to Nasrallah elimination<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Soon after the killing of Nasrallah, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-822096\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s son-in-law and former adviser, Jared Kushner, wrote: \u201cSeptember 27 [the day Nasrallah was killed] is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough.\u201d That\u2019s no overstatement.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>First, the killing of Nasrallah, and all the precision actions that came before and after, including a significant attack on Houthi assets this week in Yemen, helped restore Israel\u2019s deterrence.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Not only are Israelis looking at these precision attacks with jaw-dropping amazement, but so is everyone else. If anyone thought that, following the colossal failure of October 7, Israel had lost \u201cit\u201d \u2013 that X factor, that \u201cEntebbe\u201d factor \u2013 then the last two weeks surely went a long way in changing their minds.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Now, the country\u2019s enemies are concerned and paranoid, wondering what will come next, where, and when. Reports that Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was moved to a \u201csafe location\u201d following Nasrallah\u2019s assassination illustrate the depth of that concern \u2013 and with good cause. If Israel could kill Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps heavily protected facility in Tehran and Nasrallah in his bunker in Beirut, there is no telling what might come next.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Iran has spent decades and billions of dollars building up Hezbollah as a second-strike option against Israel if Jerusalem were to go after Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities. Now that this second-strike asset has been hobbled, the Iranian leadership needs to think long and hard about whether to provoke an Israeli strike.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>If the Iranians do launch an attack of some kind, it will then be Jerusalem\u2019s turn to think long and hard how to respond more forcefully than they did following Iran\u2019s missile and drone attack in April, and whether this is the time to set back Iran\u2019s nuclear program by striking at its nuclear facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Iran built Hezbollah to monstrous proportions to serve as a deterrent to an Israeli attack against its nuclear facilities. Now, it is watching as Israel \u2013 because it feels it has no choice \u2013 systematically dismantles that deterrent. As Netanyahu said at the UN, no country would tolerate missile fire and the threat of missile fire depopulating its territory.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>It is now clear that as Iran was building up Hezbollah, Israel was not sitting on its hands. It was not as if Hezbollah was getting stronger and stronger while Israel was whiling away the hours doing nothing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>In contrast to the cavalier manner in which the military and intelligence branches were dealing with threats from Gaza in the South, in the North they were focused and paying attention, planning and preparing \u2013 step by step \u2013 how to fight the world\u2019s largest terrorist organization, a terrorist organization that hijacked a state.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>This explains the disconnect between how well prepared Israel was for Hezbollah, as opposed to how unprepared it was to face Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Israel viewed Hezbollah as a monster and prepared accordingly. It viewed Hamas as a mosquito, so it focused on it much less, thinking it could be swatted away easily. Ironically, it appears it may be easier to swat away the monster than deal with the mosquito.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>The progression of events in Lebanon shows the level of preparation that there was a guiding hand behind all this: first chip away at Hezbollah\u2019s arsenal and fortifications over the last 11 months, then go after the communications systems (exploding beepers and walkie-talkies), then take out top military commanders, then their leaders, then go after crossing points into Syria to prevent the Iranians from transferring more weapons, then bring in the troops to destroy the fortifications in southern Lebanon posing a direct threat to the northern Israeli communities.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Israel has Hezbollah reeling, and its ground actions Tuesday morning show that it has no intention of letting up on the blows \u2013 at least not yet.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>At a certain point in time, however, the US and probably France will inevitably put forward a ceasefire resolution that will call for the implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions regarding Lebanon, including the disarmament of the organization and its removal from southern Lebanon. After being pummeled, Hezbollah is likely to have little choice but to accept the terms.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>This time, however, Israel will surely not leave implementation of any agreement in the hands of a UNIFIL force with no mandate to confront Hezbollah, or a Lebanese Army unwilling to do so.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Implementation will have to come from the IDF, meaning that it will act this time whenever it sees any movement or action near the border that could threaten the Israeli communities there. Unlike in the past, it won\u2019t register a complaint with UNIFIL, but will instead remove the threat on its own. Only in that way, without Hezbollah breathing down the necks of the residents of Metulla, Shlomi, and Kiryat Shmona, will those residents be both willing and able to return home.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>A year after Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles, and drones into Israel, and as the Jewish year 5784 transitions to 5785, talk about creating the conditions that will allow residents of northern communities to return home finally seem more than just an empty promise. Actions are now being taken on the ground to make this happen.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>Netanyahu, in his speech to the UN last week, quoted from one Dylan Thomas poem to press the point that Israel is not going to sit back and absorb Hamas\u2019s and Hezbollah\u2019s blows passively.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p>He could have quoted from another Thomas poem, \u201cDeath shall have no dominion,\u201d to encapsulate the nation\u2019s perseverance and spirit in the face of unspeakable adversity, to contrast where the country was on October 7 to where it is today as this tragic year comes to a close:<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p><em>\u201cThough they go mad they shall be sane,<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"\/>\n<p><em>Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again.\u201d<\/em>&#13;<\/p>\n<section>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1730128020581377');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/article-822831\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. . 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