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> Hezbollah fighters clearly aren’t doing this What do you mean? I am not in any way supporting Hezbollah but their soldiers are definitely "wearing uniforms a

by rany_ 2y ago

> Hezbollah fighters clearly aren’t doing this What do you mean? I am not in any way supporting Hezbollah but their soldiers are definitely "wearing uniforms and carrying their weapons openly." Hamas and Hezbollah are not the same. Hamas is more decentralized though so that doesn't happen as often in that case. Hezbollah soldiers are also salaried and more properly equipped by Iran/Syria. The biggest difference between Hezbollah and Hamas is that in Hezbollah's case, their soldiers are more motivated by money rather than ideology. They treat it more like a "professional" job, work for promotions, and dress accordingly. It's a significantly more top-down structure too.

vlovich123 2y ago
Hezbollah has been accused of employing similar tactics of hiding among civilian populations and hiding military equipment in civilian buildings which makes sense both given that Iran is backing both these groups and from a strategic view if you’re fighting a significantly more advanced enemy. As for ideology vs money, it’s hard to distinguish which motivates them more va Hamas given these movements started from seed money and personnel from the Iranian revolutionary guard. But certainly hezbollah started indiscriminately shelling Israeli civilian targets and Israel is responding by targeting military personnel and infrastructure. It’s up to the Lebanese government to control Hezbollah (which they cant) and Hezbollah is responsible for collateral civilian casualties that stem from attacking them https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjhi11ibu0 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjhi11ibu0 https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/21/idf-hezbollah-stores-weapons-in-lebanese-civilian-areas/ https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/21/idf-hezbollah-stores...
hackeraccount 2y ago
What's the country of Hezbollah? There's clearly not one. It's Lebanon. Hezbollah is a group inside a State not a State. There are a bunch of very good reasons why groups doing that are outside the law.

by rany_ 2y ago

vlovich123 2y ago

Hezbollah has been accused of employing similar tactics of hiding among civilian populations and hiding military equipment in civilian buildings which makes sense both given that Iran is backing both these groups and from a strategic view if you’re fighting a significantly more advanced enemy. As for ideology vs money, it’s hard to distinguish which motivates them more va Hamas given these movements started from seed money and personnel from the Iranian revolutionary guard. But certainly hezbollah started indiscriminately shelling Israeli civilian targets and Israel is responding by targeting military personnel and infrastructure. It’s up to the Lebanese government to control Hezbollah (which they cant) and Hezbollah is responsible for collateral civilian casualties that stem from attacking them https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjhi11ibu0 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjhi11ibu0 https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/21/idf-hezbollah-stores-weapons-in-lebanese-civilian-areas/ https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/21/idf-hezbollah-stores...

hackeraccount 2y ago

What's the country of Hezbollah? There's clearly not one. It's Lebanon. Hezbollah is a group inside a State not a State. There are a bunch of very good reasons why groups doing that are outside the law.