The Israeli military says it has approved operational plans for an offensive against Hezbollah.

The Israeli military says its Northern Command has approved operational plans for war with Lebanon.

Israel is ready for an “all-out war” in Lebanon and has plans approved for an offensive targeting Hezbollah, officials have said.

Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in border fighting since shortly after the start of the war on Gaza, following the October 7 attacks on Israel. The confrontation is increasingly expanding, with both sides saying they are ready to go to war.

More than 400 people have been killed in Lebanon, including journalists and paramedics, over the past eight months, with 25 deaths in Israel. At least 90,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon, and more than 60,000 have been forced from their homes in northern Israel.

  • @rdriEnglish
    -5•6 days ago

    This seems inconsistent with previous overwhelming thought that Israel wants to kill Palestine completely. Killing that many people that fast (in a course of just a few months) would not let it last for too long in the end.

    Also, is there evidence of Israel being a dictatorship? Is there an opposition that is being threatened or killed or something?

      • @rdriEnglish
        -3•6 days ago

        One person? That’s not an opposition. Where is the opposition movement? Where are oppressed citizens?

        • Flying SquidMEnglish
          7•6 days ago

          What are you talking about? You asked for evidence of Netanyahu shoring up a dictatorship and I gave it to you. Someone who knows him very well is saying that’s what he’s doing. I’m not sure why you think that isn’t enough.

          • @rdriEnglish
            0•6 days ago

            I don’t think we have the same understanding of dictatorship. Dictatorship can’t be hidden to the point of being only apparent to special people. It should be obvious to everyone and especially citizens affected (oppressed) by it. So far I’m not seeing any evidence of that.

            • Flying SquidMEnglish
              4•5 days ago

              Again, you asked for evidence and I gave it to you. Did you even read the article? From his best friend? Who talks about exactly how he’s creating a dictatorship? Do you think there wouldn’t be thousands of Israelis at protest rallies demanding an election if they were having elections like normal?

              • @rdriEnglish
                -4•5 days ago

                I hear Putin is a dictator and there are tons of evidence. I hear Xi is a dictator and there are tons of evidence. The evidence you gave (an article with words from one person) is laughable at best, sorry. Israeli people seem to live just fine under Netanyahu. Also it doesn’t seem probable that he would attack Gaza if the October 7 attack didn’t happen (and people are having a hard time trying to prove that he somehow made it possible). Same with Lebanon.

                • Flying SquidMEnglish
                  4•5 days ago

                  Israeli people seem to live just fine under Netanyahu.

                  People said the same about the Spanish under Franco and Yugoslavia under Tito. Didn’t make them any less dictators.

                  Again, huge numbers of Israelis are demanding an election. Why would they do that if it’s a democracy?

                  • @rdriEnglish
                    -3•5 days ago

                    You’re acting ignorant with the last sentence. There is no line between democracies and dictatorships. There is a long way until we could call Israel a dictatorship. When they will marsh the streets after some next elections get cancelled (unconstitutionally), and huge numbers get arrested, then we’ll talk.