Israel has for years struck militant groups backed by arch-foe Iran in Syria and elsewhere, in a low-level campaign that burst into open confrontation after Israel and Palestinian group Hamas - another Iranian ally - went to war in Gaza on Oct. 7.
Israel has since killed dozens of Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Hezbollah officers in Syria, from just two last year before the Oct. 7 attack, according to a tally by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think tank.'
A June 2 air raid that killed 18 people, including an adviser with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, targeted a clandestine, fortified weapons site near Aleppo, three of the sources said. In May, an air strike hit a convoy of trucks headed to Lebanon carrying missile parts and another raid killed Hezbollah operatives, four said.
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@MonkeyGregMountain2yrs2Y
So Hezbollah has thousands of rockets they are routinely firing at Israel? and have amassed troops at the border... and yet somehow fast forward a month and campuses will erupt in pro-Hezbollah rallies sobbing about how they are innocent victims of "colonialism"...
@PoliticFredVeteran2yrs2Y
10,000 dead kids. Not the time.
As for Gaza, elections have consequences, and these are the consequences of voting in savage murderers. Better luck next time.
@Everly_1995Republican2yrs2Y
At the end of the day these nuts need to be removed from the face of the earth. The only way to deal with them is to vaporize them.
@BlissfulTreatyVeteran2yrs2Y
Lebanon was required to disarm Hezbollah several decades ago. So when Beruit gets attacked you Lebansese only have yourselves to blame
Hamas and Hezbollah are two sides of the same barbaric coin. It is only a matter of time before Israel will be forced to destroy Hezbollah.
And what is Biden's position on this? Crickets. They are focused on the most important thing in the world -
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