'Israel strike' kills Hezbollah men in Syria's Golan Heights

[fanger]

An Israeli air strike has killed several Hezbollah fighters in the Syrian sector of the Golan Heights, the Lebanese militant movement says.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said they were killed in Quneitra province "during a field reconnaissance mission".

One of those killed was Jihad Mughniyeh, son of a top military commander killed in 2008, sources said.

Israel said it would not comment. Hezbollah militants have been supporting President Bashar al-Assad.

The four-year Syrian conflict has left some 76,000 people dead, activists say.

Israel has conducted several air strikes inside Syria since the conflict began.
BBC News - Israel strike kills Hezbollah men in Syria s Golan Heights

Looks like israel would like a new War with Hezbollah, the last one didnt go too well for Israel

 

[Baruch Menachem]

How so? All objectives were achieved. Starting in the north, it looks like they are already doing well.

 

[fanger]

2006 Lebanon War - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Failure to Prepare
As soon as the guns fell silent, Israeli officials began to take stock of their new situation. There was unease. Declarations of victory rang hollow. While politicians and military officials squabbled over responsibility, the government appointed an inquiry committee headed by judge Eliyahu Winograd to sort the situation out. Still, the fact that there were serious strategic errors was clear.

Israel's highest political and military echelons committed serious strategic errors in preparation for, during execution, and in the aftermath of the 2006 Lebanon campaign. Together, these errors enabled Hezbollah to persevere against the larger, better-equipped Israeli military and emerge as perhaps an even greater threat.

Failure to prepare undercut Israeli operations from the start. Before the war, Israeli planners had unrealistic expectations about armed conflict with Hezbollah. They planned for small skirmishes, not for a large-scale, conventional military campaign. Some of Israel's reluctance to plan for action inside Lebanon might have been rooted in former prime minister Ariel Sharon's legacy. As defense minister, Sharon presided over the 1982 Lebanon war, and many Israelis consider him responsible for the subsequent imbroglio.[13] In 1983, the Kahan Commission found Sharon negligent for his failure to predict and stop a Lebanese militia's massacre of Palestinian refugees at Sabra and Shatilla.[14]Sharon's subsequent attempts to rehabilitate his image during his premiership (2001-06) would be undercut if he again involved Israeli forces in Lebanon.

Inattention by the General Staff toward Lebanon reflected Israeli assumptions about the unlikelihood of any land war on its borders. Udi Adam complained that the highest military forum hardly discussed the Lebanese front.[15]

Perhaps as a result, the IDF failed to estimate adequately its needs prior to the war. Effective March 2007, Shaul Mofaz, defense minister between November 2002 and March 2006, had scheduled a gradual reduction in conscript military service and also initiated a new law shortening reserve duty and reducing training. According to Maj. Gen. Benny Ganz, chief of Israel's ground forces, the government had cut allocations for training reserve units by US$800 million since 2001.[16]Budgetary constraints also led the IDF to reduce the size of tank formations, and budgetary officials pressured the Israeli military to discontinue production of its top-line Merkava tank. In addition, because of cost, the IDF declined to install the Trophy antimissile system on most tanks and did not provide the Israeli air force with bunker buster bombs.[17] Only a number of special forces received training geared to operations in southern Lebanon, but even these units lacked the latest intelligence when ordered across the border because the heads of military intelligence refrained from transferring data collected on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon to the units in the field.[18]

Further underlying Israel's lack of preparation was the failure of its leadership to acknowledge the operation against Hezbollah to be a war rather than a retaliatory raid or more limited military action. The Israeli government, for example, never declared a state of emergency, nor did it enact its wartime administrative and legal powers. Delays in mobilization of reserve forces reflected the military leadership's failure to realize it faced a war.
How Israel Bungled the Second Lebanon War Middle East Quarterly

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

2006 Lebanon War - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Failure to Prepare
As soon as the guns fell silent, Israeli officials began to take stock of their new situation. There was unease. Declarations of victory rang hollow. While politicians and military officials squabbled over responsibility, the government appointed an inquiry committee headed by judge Eliyahu Winograd to sort the situation out. Still, the fact that there were serious strategic errors was clear.

Israel's highest political and military echelons committed serious strategic errors in preparation for, during execution, and in the aftermath of the 2006 Lebanon campaign. Together, these errors enabled Hezbollah to persevere against the larger, better-equipped Israeli military and emerge as perhaps an even greater threat.

Failure to prepare undercut Israeli operations from the start. Before the war, Israeli planners had unrealistic expectations about armed conflict with Hezbollah. They planned for small skirmishes, not for a large-scale, conventional military campaign. Some of Israel's reluctance to plan for action inside Lebanon might have been rooted in former prime minister Ariel Sharon's legacy. As defense minister, Sharon presided over the 1982 Lebanon war, and many Israelis consider him responsible for the subsequent imbroglio.[13] In 1983, the Kahan Commission found Sharon negligent for his failure to predict and stop a Lebanese militia's massacre of Palestinian refugees at Sabra and Shatilla.[14]Sharon's subsequent attempts to rehabilitate his image during his premiership (2001-06) would be undercut if he again involved Israeli forces in Lebanon.

Inattention by the General Staff toward Lebanon reflected Israeli assumptions about the unlikelihood of any land war on its borders. Udi Adam complained that the highest military forum hardly discussed the Lebanese front.[15]

Perhaps as a result, the IDF failed to estimate adequately its needs prior to the war. Effective March 2007, Shaul Mofaz, defense minister between November 2002 and March 2006, had scheduled a gradual reduction in conscript military service and also initiated a new law shortening reserve duty and reducing training. According to Maj. Gen. Benny Ganz, chief of Israel's ground forces, the government had cut allocations for training reserve units by US$800 million since 2001.[16]Budgetary constraints also led the IDF to reduce the size of tank formations, and budgetary officials pressured the Israeli military to discontinue production of its top-line Merkava tank. In addition, because of cost, the IDF declined to install the Trophy antimissile system on most tanks and did not provide the Israeli air force with bunker buster bombs.[17] Only a number of special forces received training geared to operations in southern Lebanon, but even these units lacked the latest intelligence when ordered across the border because the heads of military intelligence refrained from transferring data collected on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon to the units in the field.[18]

Further underlying Israel's lack of preparation was the failure of its leadership to acknowledge the operation against Hezbollah to be a war rather than a retaliatory raid or more limited military action. The Israeli government, for example, never declared a state of emergency, nor did it enact its wartime administrative and legal powers. Delays in mobilization of reserve forces reflected the military leadership's failure to realize it faced a war.
How Israel Bungled the Second Lebanon War Middle East Quarterly

Together, these errors enabled Hezbollah to persevere against the larger, better-equipped Israeli military and emerge as perhaps an even greater threat.

Right. Anytime the Arabs get the shit kicked out of them, they'll emerge as a greater threat. LOL!

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Well, at least no humans were killed during the performance of this operation.

 

[Phoenall]

An Israeli air strike has killed several Hezbollah fighters in the Syrian sector of the Golan Heights, the Lebanese militant movement says.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said they were killed in Quneitra province "during a field reconnaissance mission".

One of those killed was Jihad Mughniyeh, son of a top military commander killed in 2008, sources said.

Israel said it would not comment. Hezbollah militants have been supporting President Bashar al-Assad.

The four-year Syrian conflict has left some 76,000 people dead, activists say.

Israel has conducted several air strikes inside Syria since the conflict began.
BBC News - Israel strike kills Hezbollah men in Syria s Golan Heights

Looks like israel would like a new War with Hezbollah, the last one didnt go too well for Israel

Went even worse for hezbolla, which is why they have kept out of Israel since.

But Israel is only complying with the UN charter that expects all member states to stamp out terrorism.

 

[Lipush]

A successful operation made by Israel.

We will deal with the results with responsibility. Hope the results will be on us.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

2006 Lebanon War - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Failure to Prepare
As soon as the guns fell silent, Israeli officials began to take stock of their new situation. There was unease. Declarations of victory rang hollow. While politicians and military officials squabbled over responsibility, the government appointed an inquiry committee headed by judge Eliyahu Winograd to sort the situation out. Still, the fact that there were serious strategic errors was clear.

One reason I don't like Israelis is the perpetual navel gazing they engage in. children, its called a sunk cost!

But they are really good at dealing with the matter at hand. Iron Dome made the missiles useless. And a new system coming on board through joint efforts of South Korea and the US to use lasers to destroy missiles is even more amazing.

 

[fanger]

An Israeli air strike has killed several Hezbollah fighters in the Syrian sector of the Golan Heights, the Lebanese militant movement says.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said they were killed in Quneitra province "during a field reconnaissance mission".

One of those killed was Jihad Mughniyeh, son of a top military commander killed in 2008, sources said.

Israel said it would not comment. Hezbollah militants have been supporting President Bashar al-Assad.

The four-year Syrian conflict has left some 76,000 people dead, activists say.

Israel has conducted several air strikes inside Syria since the conflict began.
BBC News - Israel strike kills Hezbollah men in Syria s Golan Heights

Looks like israel would like a new War with Hezbollah, the last one didnt go too well for Israel

Went even worse for hezbolla, which is why they have kept out of Israel since.

But Israel is only complying with the UN charter that expects all member states to stamp out terrorism.

They dont want to invade israel, they just want to keep israel out

 

[Penelope]

Israel believes in Preemptive War, which means they strike first. They then say they seen a threat and responded accordingly, makes them sound so innocent when in reality they are really the terrorist.

 

[fanger]

Preemptive War is illegal, take them to the ICC, oh wait, israel calls for de-funding of ICC, even though they chose not to join, we need a nation to invade israel, commit war crimes, and laugh as israel is told it's not a member

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Preemptive War is illegal, take them to the ICC, oh wait, israel calls for de-funding of ICC, even though they chose not to join, we need a nation to invade israel, commit war crimes, and laugh as israel is told it's not a member

we need a nation to invade israel

Which one? Maybe Iran should give it a try? LOL!

 

[Lipush]

Israel believes in Preemptive War, which means they strike first.

Indeed. And that's how things are done in the MidEast. When you have good intelligence, you attack. You don't wait for them to attack you first.

 

[Phoenall]

An Israeli air strike has killed several Hezbollah fighters in the Syrian sector of the Golan Heights, the Lebanese militant movement says.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said they were killed in Quneitra province "during a field reconnaissance mission".

One of those killed was Jihad Mughniyeh, son of a top military commander killed in 2008, sources said.

Israel said it would not comment. Hezbollah militants have been supporting President Bashar al-Assad.

The four-year Syrian conflict has left some 76,000 people dead, activists say.

Israel has conducted several air strikes inside Syria since the conflict began.
BBC News - Israel strike kills Hezbollah men in Syria s Golan Heights

Looks like israel would like a new War with Hezbollah, the last one didnt go too well for Israel

Went even worse for hezbolla, which is why they have kept out of Israel since.

But Israel is only complying with the UN charter that expects all member states to stamp out terrorism.

They dont want to invade israel, they just want to keep israel out

If they are muslims then they want to wipe out the Jews as commanded by their god. Remember that Lebanon was never intended as a muslim state, and that muslim terrorists have stolen control.

 

[Phoenall]

Israel believes in Preemptive War, which means they strike first. They then say they seen a threat and responded accordingly, makes them sound so innocent when in reality they are really the terrorist.

If Israel are informed by their allies that muslim troops are massing on their borders and are getting ready to invade then they are within their rights to attack first. IT IS NOT TERRORISM IT IS DEFENCE OF ITS PEOPLE.

 

[Phoenall]

Preemptive War is illegal, take them to the ICC, oh wait, israel calls for de-funding of ICC, even though they chose not to join, we need a nation to invade israel, commit war crimes, and laugh as israel is told it's not a member

Actually it isn't, unless you can provide a valid non partisan link.

Let the nation try, Palestine has committed enough war crimes and they are to get their just rewards. You do realise that when Israel retaliate to war crimes they are legally allowed to do so.

 

[Penelope]

Israel believes in Preemptive War, which means they strike first.

Indeed. And that's how things are done in the MidEast. When you have good intelligence, you attack. You don't wait for them to attack you first.

Yep, terrorist always strike first. We already know that Israel has spies all over.

 

[Hollie]

Israel believes in Preemptive War, which means they strike first.

Indeed. And that's how things are done in the MidEast. When you have good intelligence, you attack. You don't wait for them to attack you first.

Yep, terrorist always strike first. We already know that Israel has spies all over.

It's a matter of eliminating islamic terrorists before they can launch an attack.

Your sleazy terrorist heroes are dead. Justice is served.

 

[Lipush]

Israel believes in Preemptive War, which means they strike first.

Indeed. And that's how things are done in the MidEast. When you have good intelligence, you attack. You don't wait for them to attack you first.

Yep, terrorist always strike first. We already know that Israel has spies all over.

I take the "terrorists always strike first" also concerns the events of 1973, in your opinion?

I wonder.

 

[Kondor3]

An Israeli air strike has killed several Hezbollah fighters in the Syrian sector of the Golan Heights, the Lebanese militant movement says.

Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said they were killed in Quneitra province "during a field reconnaissance mission".

One of those killed was Jihad Mughniyeh, son of a top military commander killed in 2008, sources said.

Israel said it would not comment. Hezbollah militants have been supporting President Bashar al-Assad.

The four-year Syrian conflict has left some 76,000 people dead, activists say.

Israel has conducted several air strikes inside Syria since the conflict began.
BBC News - Israel strike kills Hezbollah men in Syria s Golan Heights

Looks like israel would like a new War with Hezbollah, the last one didnt go too well for Israel

Excellent...

The fewer Hezbollah wankers still drawing air, the better...