This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The IDF announces it captured and cleared the Hezbollah underground complex at Ali Al-Taher hill, southern Nabatieh
The IDF made more than 10 failed attempts to capture the strategic Hezbollah stronghold throughout the past few months.
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MES OPINION
— In my opinion, the psychological operation carried out by Israel the past two days is very clear:
Falsely have Hebrew media outlets claim that Iran has threatened an attack against Israel if Ali Taher Hill is captured.
IDF suddenly announces the capture of Ali Taher Hill shortly after.
Paint a strong and defiant image of the IDF, that captured the hill ‘despite Iran’s threats’.
Make Iran look weak by emphasizing the lack of a military response (which was never officially threatened).
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The IDF entered the Ali Taher complex more than a week ago. Amit Segal, an Israeli military journalist, even leaked the images but was forced to delete them by the military censorship.
Yesterday, the IDF fully cleared the compound for the first time. Hebrew media outlets already knew this but weren’t allowed to report on it.
So they published a fake report this morning that ‘Iran said it will attack Israel’ if Ali Taher Hill is captured, while fully knowing it was already captured.
Why? To make Iran look weak, very simply. A way to boost Netanyahu’s poll numbers ahead of the election.
This doesn’t mean that the capture of Ali Taher isn’t a strategic loss. It most certainly is. However, the narrative that Iran promised to retaliate is simply fake.
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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NOTE: Claims that IRGC commanders were present at the underground complex, or that Iran had threatened Israel with war in case it captured Ali Al-Taher hill, are all false
Ras Zimmt, former senior IDF commander & current Director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) says the following:
‘There is no indication of the presence of ‘dozens of IRGC members’, let alone two senior Iranian officers, in Ali al-Taher hill.
Israel itself, which in fact has an interest in demonstrating Iranian involvement in Hezbollah’s fighting, has denied that Iranian fighters are present.
There has also been no unusual statement by senior Iranian officials indicating an intention to respond to Israeli activity in Ali al-Taher.’
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— 🇱🇧/🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Times of Israel military journalist, Emanuel Fabian:
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