“What happened today is not the end of the story,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement posted on X. Early morning ‘preemptive’ strikes included over 100 Israeli fighter jets simultaneously attacking thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers and drone sites across southern Lebanon.
“We are hitting Hezbollah with surprising blows. Three weeks ago we eliminated their chief of staff and today we thwarted their attack,” Netanyahu said further.
IAF jet in action over southern Lebanon on Sunday, AFP/Getty Images
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later said Hezbollah had launched 210 rockets and some 20 drones on northern and central Israel.
In follow-up IDF Spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari announced that at least six Hezbollah operatives were killed in Sunday’s major preemptive operation. This brings the tally to 30 Hezbollah operatives killed in just the last week.
Hagari declared Sunday’s operation to be a success: “Contrary to Hezbollah’s claims, there were no impacts in IDF bases, not in the north and not in the center [of the country],” he said, rejecting claims made by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Interestingly, Israel has disclosed that it gave Washington a warning ahead of the major escalation. The Times of Israeldetails:
Israel gave the Americans “considerable” advance notice of its pre-dawn preemptive strike on Hezbollah’s rocket and missile launchers, Channel 2 news reports.
It says the US administration gave its backing to the attack, but warned both before and after it took place that Israel should be careful to avoid escalating the conflict toward all-out war.
The TV report said the message from the US was conveyed in several interactions with Jerusalem and broadly stated: “We support the operation to avert the specific threat, but be careful in your actions; don’t do anything that is likely to lead to a regional war.”
So far, there doesn’t appear to be runaway escalation as a result of Sunday’s exchange of fresh fire.
Incredible photos by AFP's Jalaa Marey of a Hezbollah drone being shot down over northern Israel. pic.twitter.com/3gs79tlT79
How many millions of US Taxpayer dollars did it take to shoot down a $100k drone?
The cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah was some of the most severe in months, resulting several fatalities in Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry. However, within hours after the fight began, both sides appeared to de-escalate, with Hezbollah declaring its military operations “finished for the day.”
In a further indication that the situation was stabilizing, Israel, which shuttered Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv earlier, reopened the airport later on Sunday.
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Israel claims that they were conducting a “pre-emptive” strike on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon but this claim came AFTER the attack by Hezbollah had already begun. Multiple witnesses are saying the attacks were almost simultaneous and that Hezbollah was still raining missiles down on Israel even during their attack. Of course Israel is spinning it all in the media as being successful and how their pre-emptive attack prevented a much larger attack from Hezbollah.
I’ve seen multiple videos showing that either Israel’s iron dome isn’t working at all, it’s out of or low on ammo as I saw multiple incoming missiles striking their targets with NO interference from the Iron Dome. Israel also lost a ship in the Mediterranean, here is that footage.
Hezbollah hit an Israeli warship kiIIing one sоldier and wounding several others pic.twitter.com/qXPrQNS1ik
Buckle up everyone this could be the beginning of the “sudden destruction” we’ve been talking about for a few weeks now. Blessings to you, prayed up and prepped up!
Stay tuned for an update on Russia.
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Ukrainian and NATO forces have advanced up to 28KM inside of Russia at this point and their forces are digging in to stay! Russia has major issues to deal with on their own soil now. Also in today’s video is an update on Israel and Iran.
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Wars, famines, disease, crime, earthquakes, volcanos and more are all happening at once and nobody cares. We are living in the tribulation but hardly anyone in the West knows it because they’re in their safe little social media bubbles. Turn off their phones and watch them lose their minds. Prayed up and prepped up, time is short!
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Netanyahu got the approval he wanted and needed in Washington DC and the Israeli press is already saying that war with Hezbollah will commence shortly after Bibi returns to Israel. Yet the Israeli Generals of the IDF say that they would prefer a hostage deal with a ceasefire! It appears that there’s a rift between the military and the civilian government in Israel.
The generals believe that a truce is the best way to secure the release of the roughly 120 Israelis still held in Gaza, both dead and alive, according to interviews with “six current and former security officials”.
“Underequipped for further fighting after Israel’s longest war in decades, the generals also think their forces need time to recuperate in case a land war breaks out against Hezbollah,” the report added, citing multiple officials.
The General Staff Forum, Israel’s military leadership, is composed of roughly 30 senior generals, including the military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, and the commanders of the army, air force, navy, and military intelligence.
Eyal Hulata, who served as Israel’s national security adviser until early last year, and who regularly speaks with senior military officials, reportedly said, “the military is in full support of a hostage deal and a ceasefire. They believe that they can always go back and engage Hamas militarily in the future.”
Meanwhile I’m getting reports that the Middle East is entering all-out war within days. The Israeli media are already widely writing that after Netanyahu’s return to the country, the Israeli army will attack Lebanon with all its military force.
The US has guaranteed Netanyahu that he will get full support for this war.
Iran has already publicly announced that an invasion of Lebanon would bring the Houthis from Yemen and the entire Islamic resistance in the region to Israel’s border.
A few days ago, the leader of Hezbollah announced that Hezbollah is ready and once again warned Cyprus if it allows Israel to use their airports. This means that Israel’s airports are the first to be hit.
It appears that things are shaping up for Armageddon to take place soon. In fact while I was in prayer this morning I was definitely told that things are going to ramp up exponentially over the next month. Be ready for August to be hotter than ever before and I’m not talking necessarily about the temperatures (which are setting records again) but rather the wars, earthquakes and other natural disasters like the wildfires in the West and Canada that are out of control!
Prayed up and prepped up, time is short!
Johnny
Update from Hal Turner at 400pm pacific time
Sources in Washington have now told me the war by Israel against Hezbollah will proceed within the next few hours. I am further told that Netanyahu along with a large Israeli delegation, met with Biden at the White House today, and submitted a very large list of weapons they need immediately, and “expect to get” from the United States!
Biden allegedly agreed to provide all of it.
Finally, I am told that Netanyahu will fly OUT of Washington, DC this evening, and when he gets back to Israel, he will travel immediately to IDF Headquarters in “The Kirya” to order the commencing of war. I am not certain how long the flight time is from the US to Tel Aviv, but however many hours that takes, is the time frame for the commencing of Israeli war upon Hezbollah. Hours, not days or weeks. When this conflict erupts in full, it is expected that Iran and numerous organizations from around the Middle East, will all enter the fray. This is likely to get big, and do so very fast.
Sources I spoke with DO NOT have confidence in the Israeli ability to do this.
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The US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, North Macedonia and Kuwait are asking their nationals to leave Lebanon immediately, while Germany, along with the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, the UK, France, Ireland and Australia, have urged their citizens to avoid traveling to Lebanon following rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.
Additionally, according to breaking news, US Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force helicopters and aircraft are expected to evacuate hundreds of American citizens from Lebanon to Cyprus and from there to the United States as Israel is set to launch its operation against to Hezbollah.
Lebanon: U.S. citizens should review the current Travel Advisory and strongly reconsider travel to Lebanon. In particular, we call your attention to the Country Summary which advises that the Lebanese government cannot guarantee the protection of U.S. citizens against sudden… pic.twitter.com/XIs3N9d70v
An unimpeded flow of arms is now being promised by the Americans with the delivery of 1,700 500-pound Mk.82 bombs destined for Israel, which were seized in May after the Israel Defense Forces launched an incursion into Rafah in southern Gaza. The second half of the shipment containing 1,800 Mk.84 2,000lb Bombs is still under consideration but will be approved soon
— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) June 27, 2024
Israeli war games- The attack will also include an invasion of Syria
Israeli troops held drills last week simulating fighting in Lebanon, which the military said were part of the Northern Command’s efforts to increase readiness amid heightened tensions on the northern border.
The Golani Brigade’s 12th Brigade, which operates in the Mount Dov and Mount Hermon areas on the northern border, conducted a combat simulation exercise in complex terrain, the army says. Another exercise, conducted by the 55th Parachute Reserve Brigade, practiced various combat scenarios, including movement over complex terrain and advancing along a “mountain route ,” the IDF says.
The drills come amid daily attacks by the Hezbollah terror group in northern Israel amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
Israel has warned that it can no longer tolerate Hezbollah’s presence along its border following the Oct. 7 atrocities and has warned that if a diplomatic solution is not reached, it will turn to military action to push Hezbollah north.
Israeli troops carried out exercises this past week simulating fighting in Lebanon, which the military says is part of the Northern Command's efforts to increase readiness amid heightened tensions on the northern border.
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 27, 2024
There is a strong possibility that any Israeli invasion to oust Hezbollah north of the Litani River would coincide with an Israeli invasion of Southern Syria to oust Hezbollah and IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard) militias such as Fatimiyoun and Imam Al -Hussein, from Quneitra and the countryside of West Daraa.
Yesterday’s pounding by Israel’s air force, last night, as well as the concentration of forces in the Golan Heights and South Lebanon, support the above scenario.
The Israeli army is sending more military convoys loaded with tanks and weapons to the fronts in southern Lebanon and the Golan Heights. The video was from last night. pic.twitter.com/OpGvg2V5Rt
Besides, according to the Financial Times, Israel’s aim is to create a security zone inside Lebanon, perhaps up to 15 km deep.
“We just want Hezbollah pushed back. We have no problem with [UN peacekeeping troops], [Lebanese Armed Forces] or Lebanese civilians living there. . . But we have to clear the area of Hezbollah’s presence,” a senior Israeli official told the Financial Times.
Fires. UAVs. Missiles. Rockets.
These are all threats that civilians on our northern front face daily.
Israel is already creating a de facto “security zone” inside Lebanon by destroying areas within 5 kilometers of the border with ongoing strikes, much of this strip, which is hit by the IDF, is used as a launch pad for Hezbollah attacks and is said to has been destroyed.
Hezbollah is paying a heavy price for its war of attrition against Israel, says Middle East expert Amatzia Baram, through loss of domestic support in Lebanon, the death of hundreds of fighters, huge economic losses, and 100,000 residents displaced.
Nasrallah appears to be locked in a costly conflict, but he cannot end it before the war in Gaza ends. Meanwhile, the IDF continues to pound southern Lebanon and prepare for a major war, which will be painful for Israel but a total disaster for Hezbollah, according to Israeli experts.
Besides, according to statements by a top official of the Biden administration, to Politico: “Nasrallah’s logic … is that everything is connected to Gaza and until there is a cease-fire in Gaza, the rocket launches into Israel will not stop … Frankly, we reject completely this logic”.
On the one hand, they “reject this logic” and on the other, US Secretary of State Lloyd Austin recently stated that “A new war between Israel and Lebanon would be disastrous for Israelis and Lebanese citizens, we call for urgent diplomacy”.
The US’s specific diplomatic line of “talking and talking” sends mixed messages to the region, resulting in more escalation, rather than de-escalation.
On the one hand, it is obvious that if Israel gets involved in Lebanon, the US will necessarily support the country, on the other hand, the Biden administration is possessed by phobic syndromes regarding the direct or indirect involvement of Iran in the theater of operations.
These phobic syndromes are so evident that they provoked the ire of John Bolton, the former national security adviser of the Trump administration, when he declared that “Biden is an embarrassment to the United States as he urges the Israelis not to retaliate against Iran.”
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First let’s begin in Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin has accused the U.S. of ‘killing Russian children’ after a Ukrainian attack on occupied Crimea with long-range missiles supplied by Washington and said there will be ‘consequences’.
Moscow has summoned the U.S. ambassador to issue a formal warning, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov issued a public statement slamming the U.S. for ‘barbaric’ strike on Sevastopol, a strategic port city on the Black Sea.
‘The involvement of the United States, the direct involvement, as a result of which Russian civilians are killed, cannot be without consequences,’ said Peskov.
‘Time will tell what these will be.’
‘You should ask my colleagues in Europe, and above all in Washington, the press secretaries, why their governments are killing Russian children. Just ask them this question.’ the spokesman for Vladimir Putin said.
After the Sevastopol strike, Russia accused the U.S. of ‘waging a hybrid war against Russia’ and of becoming ‘a party to the conflict.’
Russia also told U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy the attack would ‘not go unpunished. Retaliatory measures will definitely follow.’
Next let’s move over to the Korea’s as the recent military agreements between Russia and North Korea have definitely upped the tensions on the Korean peninsula.
U.S. officials warn of an impending major crisis in the Korean Peninsula after talks with Chinese counterparts.
The three attacks by North Korean forces within South Korea, the Russian Navy’s large-scale exercises in the Pacific, the new defensive lines with trenches and walls built by Kim Jong Un as well as the latest missile tests have sounded the alarm in Korea.
If this front really opens, and given that it is a matter of days before Israel’s attack on Lebanon, then globalization, extends around the world. Will the Americans be able to manage a third front;
North Korea launched a barrage of 18 KN-25 missiles.
It appears that the video cuts out right as half of them start veering off course.
KN-25 is a SRBM with a demonstrated range of 380 km, officially described as a "super-large calibre" multiple launch rocket system. pic.twitter.com/3LK44iWslr
China, despite its public alliance with Russia, is concerned that North Korea may be encouraged to launch a regional crisis, a senior US official said on Monday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Kurt Campbell said China has shown interactions with the United States that it is « anxious » after the signing of the B. Putin Defense Agreement with Pyongyang.
« I think it would be fair to say that China is likely to be concerned that North Korea will somehow be encouraged to move forward Asia », Campbell told the Foreign Relations Council.
China, despite its public alliance with Russia, is concerned that North Korea may be encouraged to launch a regional crisis, a senior US official said on Monday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Kurt Campbell said China has shown interactions with the United States that it is « anxious » after the signing of the B. Putin Defense Agreement with Pyongyang.
« I think it would be fair to say that China is likely to be concerned that North Korea will somehow be encouraged to move forward Asia », Campbell told the Foreign Relations Council.
Now we move over to the Middle East and Israel vs Hezbollah. Israel Defense Force Lieutenant General (res.) Aviv Kochavi has confirmed War will commence into Lebanon.
He publicly said tonight: “I say this from here, first and foremost to the residents of Lebanon. Not only do I suggest you leave from the moment the war begins, but I also suggest you leave from the moment of tension because the intensity of the attack will be something you have never seen. Never before seen.
Not-so-subtle hint at Nuclear Weapons
Israeli officials revealed to the White House that conditions in the upcoming war with Hezbollah may become so severe, that “Israel may have to utilize weapons never used before, to stop the missiles hitting Israel.”
It is widely understood that they were referring to nuclear weapons.
The Israeli officials were then told that if they utilize nuclear weapons, depending upon who gets hit, Israel should not be surprised if one or more other nuclear-armed powers around the world, attack Israel in retaliation, using nuclear weapons, and might do so without _any_ advance warning.
They were also told that Israel would immediately become a pariah nation with whom almost no one will engage in trade or commerce. Their national economy will likely be made to collapse and even food would likely not be shipped to Israel from almost any country on earth, bringing literal starvation to the land.
Israel was also reminded that the rise in retaliatory acts against Jews around the world, already sharply higher over the Gaza “Genocide,” would likely explode out of control, globally, likely bringing unimaginable suffering and personal disaster to countless people.
The Israelis allegedly replied ‘We will do what we will do.”
Then we swing back over to Europe and the UK where a member of the British Parliament, Andrew Bridgen, says that there will be a nuclear explosion in Europe soon and that this will be the “false flag” (as the bomb will be blamed on Russia) that triggers WW3.
Bridgen says he is receiving information from defense analysts in military intelligence who have told him there is plenty of nuclear material floating around from Ukraine.
British Member of Parliament Andrew Bridgen is warning the world that NATO is planning to launch a false flag attack on a European city using a nuclear "dirty bomb" and to put the blame on Russia.
There is so much going on in the world in regard to the end times/tribulation that I can’t keep track of it all! Please understand that time is very short and staying PRAYED UP is so important! FAST, PRAY and SEEK JESUS CHRIST and His guidance with all of your heart, mind and soul before it’s too late! May God bless you all!
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Israel’s Channel 12 TV News is reporting that Israel would immediately retaliate, and a senior Israeli military official pledged an unprecedented response to the Iranian attack. It’s not going to stop this time guys, Israel is going into this full bore and if Iran overwhelms their defenses (which they will) then Israel could use their “Sampson Option” aka a nuclear strike.
Scott Ritter: Netanyahu's narcissistic attacks could not only destroy Israel but it can destroy the world.
Israel has the Samson Option: nucleair weapons will fly. When a nuclear bomb goes off in Teheran then Pakistan will unleash the beast on Israel. 3 nukes, Israel is gone.… pic.twitter.com/BuMm18oNtp
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Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts
This has been a busy weekend in the Levant and in the Red Sea, as well. For one thing,according to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), on January 20, at about 6:30 p.m. (Baghdad time), several rockets and ballistic missiles were launched by “Iranian-backed militants in Western Iraq” targeting the al-Assad Airbase, which hosts American troops. Most of the missiles were intercepted but some evaded the defense system and the base suffered some damage.
Some American personnel were injured also. The next day, however, Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, spokesman for Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, referring to the presence of the US military, stated that his country’s government is “ resolute to put an end to the deployment of foreign forces in the country. It has devised a vision plan for the next stage, which includes joint technical activities intended for the US-led coalition’s departure and subsequent security and military cooperation.”
On January 18, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani had already reiterated the call for the troops to leave: “the end of the US-led coalition mission is a necessity for the security and stability of Iraq. It is also a necessity for preserving constructive bilateral relations between Iraq and the coalition countries.”
Since then US President Donald Trump ordered the assassination (by drone strike near Baghdad International Airport) of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020, many voices in Iraq have been calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops. The assassination was praised by both Israel and the ISIS terrorist group. Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed during the strike, were both leading figures in the struggle against ISIS in the Levant. Iraq’s Prime Minister Sudani has repeatedly demanded the Americans leave Iraq, with his country adopting a law to expel foreign troops.
After the al-Assad Airbase attack last weekend, however, the US is trying to exploit the episode to justify their presence in the country. The country’s Prime Minister not being very inclined to agree with such line of reasoning, so the US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski met with Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on January 21, the next day after the attack. Although al-Maliki stressed “the importance of strengthening the ties of friendship and cooperation” between Washington and Baghdah during the meeting, he remains a top leader of what can be described as a pro-Iranian bloc in his country. Iran’s influence in Iraq has grown tremendously in the last years, and Tehran could in fact be described as the main winner of the Iraq’s war, after the failure of Washington’s neo-colonial project.
The episode on al-Assad Airbase is just the latest in a series of attacks on American positions in the Levant (in both Syria and Iraq) since October 2023, when the Israeli-Palestine conflict escalated. These attacks are being launched by Iran-backed groups in the region. It is not the only thing pertaining to Iran that troubles the US and the West though, one needs only take a look at the Red Sea, for instance
On January 21, the US Centcom stated that two Navy Seals (American elite special operations personnel) have been declared dead after a 10-day Search. They disappeared during an operation off the coast of Somalia to seize Iranian weaponry destined for Houthi forces in Yemen.
For years, Israel has carried out strikes targeting Iranian personnel and their allies in Syria, where Iran has a military presence. This has intensified since Israel’s widely condemned military campaign in Gaza started. As I wrote, that turn of events in Palestine has also triggered an escalation of the long-going Iranian-Israeli covert war – this “secret war” is increasingly turning into an overt one, as we can see in the Red Sea and beyond.
On January 20, an attack in Syria in the Mazzeh neighborhood (south-west Damascus) killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) intelligence chief and his deputy, plus other IRGC members, and a number of Syrian forces. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi said Israel was responsible for the strike, which he described as “terrorist and criminal”, adding that it “will not remain unanswered.” Raisi urged international actors to condemn the attack, which took place in an area that is home to embassies and to the UN headquarters – these locations were not hit, but a residential building was and at least 10 people were killed, while other civilians were injured. Last month, another suspected Israeli strike near Damascus killed a senior IRGC commander.
The Syrian Arab Republic and the Islamic Republic of Iran remain close strategic allies, and the latter has provided the former with key military, financial and logistical support throughout the Syrian civil war. Moreover, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon have taken direct combat roles.The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah have in fact been the main deterrent to the expansion of the terrorist group Daesh (the so-called Islamic State or ISIS) in the whole Levant region.
Some observers describe Iran today as “the main power” in the Middle East, and such assessment might bear some truth. This rising influence however won’t go unchallenged, but it has many supporters.
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has been described by many international observers and organizations as an attempt at ethnic cleansing or genocide, as Tel Aviv announced a total blockade of Gaza, which stopped supplies of food, water, medical items, and energy. This has further polarized public opinion in the Middle East, the African continent and also Europe. The escalation of tensions also ensued the intensification of the long-going Iranian-Israeli war, which now extends from the Levant to the Red Sea, with global consequences.
Last week, in the US Congress, 15 Jewish members of the House released a statement saying they “strongly disagree with the prime minister” of Israel, meanwhile leading progressive members of Congress call for Washington to reset its “unconditional support of Israel”. The US radical support of the Jewish state indeed fuels anti-American feelings around the world and aggravates the crisis.
Part of the problem is the fact that Washington sees a number of actors such as the Houthis, Hezbollah and others as mere pawns of Iran. The truth is that the Islamic Republic cannot “control” its “proxies” – much the same way Washington cannot do so with its increasingly bold Israeli ally. In such a complex equation, there is a large degree of unpredictability and much room for backfiring. All the aforementioned groups have their own popular base, agenda and agency as political and social actors. And any good diplomacy must contemplate all that – which is no easy task.
In trying to oppose its Iranian adversary, Washington might end up alienating its potential Middle Eastern partners and allies – who are already investing in new relationships. The Iraqis for instance seem to be fed up with an American presence which, from their perspective, only brings trouble. And they, much like the Syrians, the Lebanese and others, might have good reasons to support and even welcome Iranian presence, influence and assistance.
