So, There's Going to be This War in the Middle East...
* Israel is building a home for Lebanese POWs:
Preparing for an extended ground operation: The IDF has started constructing a temporary detention center designed to hold the Lebanese prisoners that will be captured during army operations in Southern Lebanon... A truck convoy carrying barbed-wire fences, containers, and mobile showers and toilets started unloading equipment at the Filon military base near Rosh Pina Friday, and construction works at the place are already underway. According to plans, the structure should be able to hold up to hundreds of Hizbullah prisoners at any given time.
This is in stark contrast to what Hezbollah does, which is closer to "committing war crimes by torturing and executing Israeli soldiers that they capture".
* The IDF has told residents of southern Lebanon that it would behoove them to get out of the way:
In message to 13 southern Lebanon towns, broadcast by Arab radio stations, residents informed their lives in danger, told to move north of Litani river... The IDF indicated Saturday evening that it intends to expand operations in Southern Lebanon in its call to 13 villages in Southern Lebanon to relocate north of the Litani by the same evening. As of now, tens of thousands of Southern Lebanon residents have already left the area. The IDF plan to 'clean' the area of terror nests, using both ground and air offensives.
This too is in stark contrast to what Hezbollah does, which is closer to "shelling Israeli civilians with no warning and with the intention of inflicting maximum civilian casualties".
* Israel is importing more precision munitions from the United States in preparation for an extended anti-Hezbollah campaign:
The US is rushing a delivery of "smart bombs" to Israel after Israel indicated it needed the bombs for its military campaign against the Hizbullah. The New York Times reported Saturday that the decision to rush the shipment was reached after little debate within the administration. The "smart bombs" - bombs which are equipped with precision guidance devises, are part of an arms deal reached months ago between Israel and the US, but the fighting in Lebanon led Israel to ask for an expedited delivery of the bombs, before the agreed scheduled of supply.
Yet again, we draw a stark contrast with Hezbollah, where the phrase "precision munitions" is a synonym for "things we wouldn't waste money on, since it doesn't matter what Israeli apartment building our rockets hit - just as long as they hit civilians". Also: shocking that the NYT would leak sensitive military information, huh?
Preparing for an extended ground operation: The IDF has started constructing a temporary detention center designed to hold the Lebanese prisoners that will be captured during army operations in Southern Lebanon... A truck convoy carrying barbed-wire fences, containers, and mobile showers and toilets started unloading equipment at the Filon military base near Rosh Pina Friday, and construction works at the place are already underway. According to plans, the structure should be able to hold up to hundreds of Hizbullah prisoners at any given time.
This is in stark contrast to what Hezbollah does, which is closer to "committing war crimes by torturing and executing Israeli soldiers that they capture".
* The IDF has told residents of southern Lebanon that it would behoove them to get out of the way:
In message to 13 southern Lebanon towns, broadcast by Arab radio stations, residents informed their lives in danger, told to move north of Litani river... The IDF indicated Saturday evening that it intends to expand operations in Southern Lebanon in its call to 13 villages in Southern Lebanon to relocate north of the Litani by the same evening. As of now, tens of thousands of Southern Lebanon residents have already left the area. The IDF plan to 'clean' the area of terror nests, using both ground and air offensives.
This too is in stark contrast to what Hezbollah does, which is closer to "shelling Israeli civilians with no warning and with the intention of inflicting maximum civilian casualties".
* Israel is importing more precision munitions from the United States in preparation for an extended anti-Hezbollah campaign:
The US is rushing a delivery of "smart bombs" to Israel after Israel indicated it needed the bombs for its military campaign against the Hizbullah. The New York Times reported Saturday that the decision to rush the shipment was reached after little debate within the administration. The "smart bombs" - bombs which are equipped with precision guidance devises, are part of an arms deal reached months ago between Israel and the US, but the fighting in Lebanon led Israel to ask for an expedited delivery of the bombs, before the agreed scheduled of supply.
Yet again, we draw a stark contrast with Hezbollah, where the phrase "precision munitions" is a synonym for "things we wouldn't waste money on, since it doesn't matter what Israeli apartment building our rockets hit - just as long as they hit civilians". Also: shocking that the NYT would leak sensitive military information, huh?
