{"id":282091,"date":"2024-02-20T06:48:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T06:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=282091"},"modified":"2024-02-22T07:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T07:33:09","slug":"will-israel-invade-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=282091","title":{"rendered":"Will Israel Invade Southern Lebanon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Larry Johnson \u2013 SONAR Feb 17, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>There is a lot going on in the world that is generating fear in the West because they have lost control of the narrative and the battlefield. Ukraine\u2019s retreat from Avdeevka has exposed the lie that the Russian military is a spent force comprised of coerced, untrained, poorly supplied conscripts. This has left NATO scrambling to try to find a way to keep Ukraine in the fight, but Ukraine\u2019s Army is being ground into dust and its morale is flagging.<\/p>\n<p>But that is not where the real danger lies. Israel is signaling that it will invade southern Lebanon and fight Hezbollah. This is insane. Israel reminds me of the evil Queen in Snow White \u2014 they have convinced themselves that they are the best army in the Middle East. They gaze at their own reflection and fail to see how the world has changed. They are no longer the juggernaut that the imagine themselves to be.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a7M0tqvGZAs?si=Mxj8C9obNfJTUNQL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here is General Halevi doing his version of Mirror, Mirror on the Wall.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"General Halevi Vows to Invade Lebanon\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v4bh48x\/?pub=rsl3j#?secret=i4p9vyaNVw\" data-secret=\"i4p9vyaNVw\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But this is not just some idle fantasy confined to Halevi. He has the backing of an overwhelming majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naharnet.com\/stories\/en\/303402-maariv-poll-71-of-israelis-in-favor-of-operation-against-lebanon\">Israeli citizens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A poll published by right-wing Israeli newspaper Maariv has showed that 71% of Israelis believe that Israel should launch a large-scale military operation against Lebanon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-282092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"503\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28.png 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-480x377.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Israel has been carrying out heavy air strikes on villages in southern Lebanon during the past week, but it has not weakened Hezbollah. To the contrary. Hezbollah is stepping up its own missile attacks on Israeli settlements. Saraya al-Qassam and company is hitting \u201cAshkelon\u201d with massive barrages of projectiles, setting off the missile sirens and sending the Jewish settlers running for shelter!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Hezbollah Video of Attacks on Northern Israel\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v4bh7ol\/?pub=rsl3j#?secret=YudBHAnBh2\" data-secret=\"YudBHAnBh2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah also reportedly targeted, at 01:00 in the afternoon on Saturday, February 17, 2024, the Branit Barracks with a \u201cFalaq 1\u201d missile, scoring a direct hit. The average Israeli citizen does not understand that Hezbollah has a significant escalatory capability in terms of being able to launch big missiles into Israeli cities that previously have not been targeted. Hezbollah also has a trained army. It is not a group of rag tag terrorists. And Hezbollah has well-fortified defensive lines capable of stopping an Israeli attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u200fMaking matters more interesting and dangerous, Iran has unveiled two new air defense system \u2014 the martyr Arman mid-range\/short-range defense system and the Azarakhsh short-range air defense system. The Arman has a maximum detection range of 180 km with the following capabilties:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2014 Target tracking range of up to 160 km<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2014 Maximum engagement range of 120 km<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2014 Maximum engagement altitude of 27 km<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2014 Reaction time of less than 20 seconds<\/p>\n<p>The Azarakhsh has a much shorter range:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013 Operational range of 50 km with radar detection and 25 km with optical tracking<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013 The ability to carry 4 portable missiles<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013 The ability to destroy aerial targets, including helicopters and manned\/unmanned aircrafts<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2013 The ability to operate in different weather conditions<\/p>\n<p>If Iran decides to provide these systems to Hezbollah then Israel will face a new threat.<\/p>\n<p>The bottomline is this \u2014 both Israel and Hezbollah appear to be stepping on the gas and moving towards a full scale war.<\/p>\n<p>I will close with a video interview I did on RT Friday night regarding the situation in Ukraine with Adesewa Josh.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Larry Johnson talks to RT About Ukraine&amp;apos;s Retreat\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v4bh3y2\/?pub=rsl3j#?secret=eR4TqC9XDU\" data-secret=\"eR4TqC9XDU\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3>Support us financially<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=J7X9AJ2WMQC5S\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=80288936\">Patreon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonar21.com\/will-israel-invade-southern-lebanon\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel reminds me of the evil Queen in Snow White \u2014 they have convinced themselves that they are the best army in the Middle East. They gaze at their own reflection and fail to see how the world has changed. 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