"IDF carries out airstrikes on Lebanon ‘in self defence’ as Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets toward Israel"


Israel says strikes on Hezbollah are in 'self-defence'

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are depicting their air strikes as a pre-emptive action in “self-defence” in the face of an imminent Hezbollah missile and rocket attack, and warned an “extensive” Hezbollah response is imminent. The all-important question now is whether the cycle of escalation can be contained before it becomes an all-out war.

The Israeli news agency Ynet cited reports from Lebanon saying the air force struck 40 targets, and that Hezbollah fired what it claimed were 150 rockets in sustained barrages into northern Israel. Israel is now braced for Hezbollah to use its longer-range missiles against Israeli cities further south.

The IDF spokesman, Daniel Hagari, said:

Hezbollah will soon fire rockets, and possibly missiles and UAVs [drones], towards Israeli territory.

From right next to the homes of Lebanese civilians in the South of Lebanon, we can see that Hezbollah is preparing to launch an extensive attack on Israel, while endangering Lebanese civilians.



Well which is it? The headline blares that the apartheid state is acting in response but then the actual text of the article talks about the Hezbollah attacks in the future tense: "will soon" "imminent" "pre-emptive" "is preparing".

Also, what kind of neutral reporting starts with the justification from the bombers? "Israel says strikes on Hezbollah are in 'self-defence'". They have the good grace to put self-defence in single quotes to suggest it is subjective but still.

And then they have the stone cold balls to write this:

"The all-important question now is whether the cycle of escalation can be contained before it becomes an all-out war."

The apartheid state's attack IS the fucking escalation you clown.

As the Finkmeister said recently, and often before, they are a lunatic state and need to be reined in.