An Israeli strike on south Lebanon on Monday killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, three security sources told Reuters.
The security sources identified him as Wissam al-Tawil, the deputy head of a unit within the Radwan force. They said he and another Hezbollah fighter were killed when their car was hit in a strike on the Lebanese village of Majdal Selm.
“This is a very painful strike,” one of the security sources said. Another said, “things will flare up now.”
Israeli bombardment has killed more than 130 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon since cross-border shelling began in the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israeli territory on Oct. 7. Another 19 have been killed in Syria.
Hezbollah’s secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel in two televised addresses last week not to launch a full-scale war on Lebanon.
Israel has never been alone since the day it became a nation.
Where are these quotes from?
I put the source after each quote.
Hmm. My Memmy app doesn’t have the hyperlink. All I see is the word “Source” which sucks I guess lol
Oh, sorry about that. Here they are in order.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/history-us-support-israel-runs-deep-growing-chorus/story?id=104957109
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/10/23/a-look-at-the-history-of-u-s-aid-to-israel/
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-aid-spending-israel-military-defense-gaza-war-2023-10?op=1&r=US&IR=T
I was specifically curious about the first source as I have heard from other sources (namely Behind the Bastards) that the US initially did not care much for Israel, the Soviets helped more, and it wasn’t until the early 60s after an aggressive lobbying campaign was Israel a solid US ally.
The Wikipedia page on the 1948 Arab-Israeli war has this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War
And later:
Which suggests that initially the US government did not support Israel as the ABC article suggests. The reporting seems to get around the factual claims by just quoting their source, but I think that “Democrats for Israel” dude is stretching his historical claims.
America has had some issues with Israel over the years, but for the most part the US has backed it almost fully since its inception.
CNN has a well-rounded synopsis (link below) that shows both the good and not-so-good history between the two nations.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/11/politics/presidents-israel-cnn/index.html
Thank you!
All good. :)