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This won't do anything meaningful to reduce civilian deaths. Less than 0.1% of Lebanon injured, and 10x that number now even more enraged. Not meaningfully re

This won't do anything meaningful to reduce civilian deaths. Less than 0.1% of Lebanon injured, and 10x that number now even more enraged. Not meaningfully repeatable either, won't create significant attrition Stoking the flames of death is all.

csmpltn 2y ago
This sends a message to Hezbollah and Lebanon. "Last chance to turn around". After 12 months of back-and-forth, and all attempts at diplomacy failing. Beirut can end up just like Gaza, but Israel has been restraining itself. Not for much longer.
- tmnvix 2y ago
  > Israel has been restraining itself. Not for much longer. If this is what a restrained Israel looks like, the god help us all.
- drawkward 2y ago
  Gaza is not restraint. This pager operation proves that. Gaza is genocide.
  - eastbound 2y ago
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    - ignoramous 2y ago
      > Therefore, not a single civilian was killed in Gaza. Same energy: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-quot-the-jews-are-guilty-quot https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-quot-th... > they followed the hate path Mirror mirror on the wall.
ineedasername 2y ago
The massive disruption of Hezbollah's communication network may cripple them enough to shorten the duration of the conflict, and possibly help turn public sentiment from Lebonese civilians into pressure to find a way to end things. The civilians are the people who on average do not feel strongly enough to fight, and may have large number pissed that a group-- even if they believe in its cause-- has brought violence to their communities through a surprise attack against a more powerful enemy. More than half of the Lebonese population believe there is no military solution to the overall dispute: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/shadow-hezbollah-israel-escalation-poll-shows-slim-majority-lebanese-still-want https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/shadow-h...

csmpltn 2y ago

This sends a message to Hezbollah and Lebanon. "Last chance to turn around". After 12 months of back-and-forth, and all attempts at diplomacy failing. Beirut can end up just like Gaza, but Israel has been restraining itself. Not for much longer.

tmnvix 2y ago
> Israel has been restraining itself. Not for much longer. If this is what a restrained Israel looks like, the god help us all.
drawkward 2y ago
Gaza is not restraint. This pager operation proves that. Gaza is genocide.
- eastbound 2y ago
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  - ignoramous 2y ago
    > Therefore, not a single civilian was killed in Gaza. Same energy: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-quot-the-jews-are-guilty-quot https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-quot-th... > they followed the hate path Mirror mirror on the wall.

ineedasername 2y ago

The massive disruption of Hezbollah's communication network may cripple them enough to shorten the duration of the conflict, and possibly help turn public sentiment from Lebonese civilians into pressure to find a way to end things. The civilians are the people who on average do not feel strongly enough to fight, and may have large number pissed that a group-- even if they believe in its cause-- has brought violence to their communities through a surprise attack against a more powerful enemy. More than half of the Lebonese population believe there is no military solution to the overall dispute: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/shadow-hezbollah-israel-escalation-poll-shows-slim-majority-lebanese-still-want https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/shadow-h...