16 Apr 2026
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/collapsing-empire-hezbollah-crushes

On April 8th, the Zionist entity struck a demonic blow to the heart of Beirut,
dropping 1,000 pound bombs in densely packed residential areas, killing untold
civilians and injuring many more. One of Lebanon's most dire mass-killings since
the end of the 1990 civil war, it marked the resumption of Israel's avowedly
genocidal invasion. With bombs raining down apace even as rare in-person talks
between the pair near, Zionist Occupation Force-backed settlers are moving
quickly to establish a permanent presence in the country's south.

Whatever abrupt pause in the war on the Islamic Republic can be sustained by
duelling Iranian and US blockades of the Strait Of Hormuz must be viewed in the
context of the Zionist entity's longstanding determination to annex Lebanese
territory, in service of 'Greater Israel'. Tel Aviv's criminal incursion ignited
March 16th, Orwellianly dubbed by officials a "targeted ground operation against
key targets." It was not until 10 days later that major news outlets deigned to
call it an invasion.

On March 23rd, Tel Aviv's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich - a self-proclaimed
fascist - urged the ZOF to formally annex southern Lebanon. Since then, over a
million people have been displaced, thousands killed, and civilian
infrastructure razed en masse. While a significant chunk of the country is now
occupied, the cost for Tel Aviv was substantial. Unrelenting Hezbollah fire
produced heavy casualties and record equipment and vehicle losses, including 21
Merkava main battle tanks in a single day on March 26th.

On April 2nd, Israeli media openly advertised the impending ceasefire in the war
on Iran. It was revealed the Zionist entity was preparing to intensify its air
campaign against Lebanon, due to the enormous damage inflicted upon the ZOF by
the Resistance. Tel Aviv reportedly planned to "[reduce] the current focus on
Iran," in order to support "Israeli ground forces attempting to seize Lebanese
territory." Were it not for hell being unleashed from the skies, the ZOF would
currently be in big trouble.

On April 5th, the ZOF's Northern Command chief admitted Tel Aviv had grossly
overestimated damage inflicted upon Hezbollah during its October 2024 invasion
of Lebanon. Entity political and military chiefs had long-claimed the Resistance
faction was obliterated by the illegal intervention. The ZOF estimated 70 - 80%
of Hezbollah's rocket capabilities were destroyed during the conflict. This
reverie was comprehensively shattered by hundreds of the group's projectiles
successfully targeting Tel Aviv daily, throughout the Zionist-American war on
Iran.

No wonder that conflict is now on hold. Hezbollah remains a redoubtable
adversary, which can independently, and in tandem with its Resistance comrades,
thwart Tel Aviv's seizure of Lebanese territory, and permanently expel Zionist
settlers from northern Palestine. This wreaks havoc with Greater Israel's
construction, which Benjamin Netanyahu openly yearns to be his enduring
political legacy, and literal 'get out of jail free' card. Hence, southern
Lebanon must be annexed, and Hezbollah neutralised. But attempting to do so
will, as before, end in fatal catastrophe.

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