After the Gaza war started, Hezbollah responded by attacking Israeli targets in northern Israel.
Hezbollah insists it did not know in advance of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. It has traded attacks with Israel in a relatively narrow zone across Israel’s northern border in an effort to tie up Israeli military resources that would otherwise be deployed in Gaza.
Why would you state Israel was the one responsible for the escalation of hostilities in recent months and Hezbollah as the one showing restraint if you don’t really care who started?
There’s a difference between what they regularly do and what Israel has been doing the past few months. They’ve regularly hit populated areas, assassinated key members, etc. The US had to even talk them down from attacking Hezbollah a few months ago. It’s clear Israel is the one escalating the conflict.
Are you saying that (before October?) Hezbollah was ‘regularly’ attacking Israel and Israel would refrain from retaliating? Do you have a source to back this up?
(Even then, your idea that the side starting such hostilities is the one showing restraint and the one responding is the one escalating is pretty messed up)
Well you said there’s a difference with what they used to do ‘regularly’ in these situations
So if them now retaliating after Hezbollah attacks is what makes it different, that would suggest you’re implying that they weren’t doing that in the past
The norm is small rocket fires between them close to the border. The difference is now Israel is attacking populated areas and performing assassinations.
But the ‘assassination in a populated area’ that you’re referring to was in itself a retaliation for a rocket strike on a populated area (that killed 12 kids)
By your own logic, wouldn’t that mean it was Hezbollah that started the escalation by targeting those children?
Sure
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1219748268/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-hamas-iran-war
Those 2 have been trading rockets for a lot longer than since October.
Why would you state Israel was the one responsible for the escalation of hostilities in recent months and Hezbollah as the one showing restraint if you don’t really care who started?
There’s a difference between what they regularly do and what Israel has been doing the past few months. They’ve regularly hit populated areas, assassinated key members, etc. The US had to even talk them down from attacking Hezbollah a few months ago. It’s clear Israel is the one escalating the conflict.
Are you saying that (before October?) Hezbollah was ‘regularly’ attacking Israel and Israel would refrain from retaliating? Do you have a source to back this up?
(Even then, your idea that the side starting such hostilities is the one showing restraint and the one responding is the one escalating is pretty messed up)
When did I say Israel was refraining from retaliating?
Well you said there’s a difference with what they used to do ‘regularly’ in these situations
So if them now retaliating after Hezbollah attacks is what makes it different, that would suggest you’re implying that they weren’t doing that in the past
The norm is small rocket fires between them close to the border. The difference is now Israel is attacking populated areas and performing assassinations.
But the ‘assassination in a populated area’ that you’re referring to was in itself a retaliation for a rocket strike on a populated area (that killed 12 kids)
By your own logic, wouldn’t that mean it was Hezbollah that started the escalation by targeting those children?