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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13139947/iran-hezbollah-green-light-attacks-israel-border-october-7.html
Iran has reportedly given Hezbollah the green light to escalate
attacks along Israel's northern border.
The country allegedly ordered the terror group to launch a
'large-scale assault' on Israel in a new wave of terror
described in Israeli media as 'October 7, part two'.
Iran's order was made after it became aware of Israeli plans
to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Jerusalem
Post reports.
The regime under leader Ali Khamenei fears that southern
Lebanon 'will be next', mirroring US warnings that the
Israeli military is planning to launch a ground operation
in Lebanon in late spring or early summer.
Thus far Israel exchanged near-daily missile fire with
Hezbollah, hitting locations in Lebanon - but the IDF
has refrained from a full-out ground invasion.
. . .
Iran apparently wants a lot MORE chaos in and
around Israel - while it sits safe behind its
proxies and Russian/Chinese allies.
Israel has put a LOT of military effort/supplies
into Gaza. This leaves a lot LESS for dealing
with Hezbollah - the stronger foe.
Hezbollah and Israel have been taking pot-shots
at each other for months now. The scale has been
slowing growing larger. Israel has also made
pinpoint attacks on Hamas higher-ups inside
Lebanon.
Israel is not very large. It has limited stockpiles
of ordinance, limited numbers of soldiers, limited
amounts of spare cash. It seems the Iranian plan
is a bit like Reagan's Star Wars - drag Israel
down rather than defeat it in some all-out war.
Hamas will pester Israel, so will the Houthi and
Hezbollah and likely Syria will get in there some
way or another. Even Egypt might be convinced to
make relations more difficult. A death of a
thousand cuts.
The EU/USA ... already split between Israel and
Ukraine - very expensive. If China even farts
then western resources will have to be split
yet a third time. That's probably too much,
western economies/manufacturing ain't what they
were in the 60s.
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