Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah War – Year 2

  • Ongoing notes based on news reports considered reliable, including Kaan Radio and the Jerusalem Post.
  • Sunday October 13, 2024: Four Golani Brigade soldiers were killed by a Hezbollah drone and several dozen more were injured at an IDF base near Binyamina. No sirens were triggered. The IDF said it will learn. Others said on Kaan radio that drones can hover and manoeuvre. making them harder to intercept. Others said the Finance Ministry had neglected to finance Israel’s laser interception project over several years. Also today, The US and UN heavily criticized the IDF for trying to move UNIFIL peace-keepers out of South Lebanon. The Israeli government issued a counter-demand to the UN to explain why every house and forest in South Lebanon on the Israeli border was booby-trapped with weapons and explosives.
  • Tuesday October 8, 2024: Hezbollah launched around 100 missiles at Haifa, probably because 5 missiles got through the Iron Dome defenses on October 6 and hit a Haifa restaurant. This time the Iron Dome worked. A fourth IDF division entered Lebanon.
  • Tuesday October 8, 2024 – Fake News Apparently: https://news.sky.com/story/im-so-scared-please-come-heartbreaking-final-moments-of-girl-5-killed-in-gaza-13229813. There may have been a tragic accident. It isn’t negligence because the IDF routinely publicizes advance warnings. Also there are strict rules of engagement which have been tightened up 65 times in the past year. When there is due process, there isn’t negligence, there may be accidents. The classic accident is “secondary explosions” where munitions are stored, there’s no way of knowing where they will extend to….