Unrest in Israel (Hamas war)

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The 2009 US Plan for Iran War Sees New Opportunity in Israeli Gaza Ops + Update on Ukraine​

- Ukraine's "operational pause" is Kiev annoucning the "Spring Offensive" has for all intents and purposes, ended;
- West continues to suffer setbacks in supplying ammunition to Ukraine including diverting much of it to Israel now;
- Israel continues air and ground attacks on Gaza, compounding a growing humanitarian catastrophe;
- US policymakers since at least as early as 2009 planned to provoke Iran into a conflict either directly or by proxy through Israel;
- The US is citing drone and rocket attacks on illegal US military bases in Syria and Iraq as a pretext to deploy anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems designed to down entirely different types of threats;
- It is clear that as the US had planned in 2009, Washington and its Israeli allies are preparing the battlefield ahead of a deliberate effort to goad Iran and its allies into a wider conflict;
- The US is fighting a 3 front proxy war through Ukraine in Eastern Europe against Russia, Israel in the Middle East against Iran, and Taiwan against the rest of China in Asia;
- With Iran’s role in supporting Russia’s successful military operation in Ukraine, the US has added incentive to eliminate Iran as a Russian-Chinese ally;
- The Middle East was transforming in favor of multipolarism with the US clearly attempting to disrupt the process by introducing widespread conflict;
- The US may feel the best possibility of success exists in the Middle East as its proxy war in Ukraine unravels and China’s military capabilities continue to close the gap between itself and US capabilities;

References: below vid

 

AL-AQSA STORM HERALDS THE RISE OF NON-STATE SPECIAL OPERATIONS​

The shock of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault continues to reverberate around the world amidst fears it will be the catalyst for a wider regional war. Many observers are comparing it to the 1973 Yom Kippur war, arguing that Israel repeated many of the same mistakes in failing to anticipate the attack. But this was more than an intelligence failure. It was failure of imagination. Israel grew comfortable managing its relationship with Hamas in Gaza, keeping rocket attacks and suicide bombings to a relatively low level for almost a decade. Moreover, as we saw in a visit last month, Israel’s top security officials are obsessed with the non-state threat posed by Hizballah to the north and concerned with unrest in the occupied West Bank. There was little expectation that Hamas could launch anything Israeli forces couldn’t handle with their then-limited security posture near Gaza.

What Israel missed is the growing democratization of technology, which is rapidly providing new and dangerous capabilities to non-state actors. Stephen Biddle, in his book Nonstate Warfare, argues that this is allowing violent non-state actors to achieve military capabilities that had previously been reserved for states. When carefully integrated into hybrid military-terror campaigns, these can challenge states that insist on maintaining dated misperceptions of their foes. Our research finds non-state actors are increasingly developing special operations capabilities, which are creating strategic and political effects beyond their tactical use.

More:

warontherocks.com

Al-Aqsa Storm Heralds the Rise of Non-state Special Operations - War on the Rocks

The shock of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault continues to reverberate around the world amidst fears it will be the catalyst for a wider regional war. Many observers
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searcher said:

AL-AQSA STORM HERALDS THE RISE OF NON-STATE SPECIAL OPERATIONS​

The shock of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault continues to reverberate around the world amidst fears it will be the catalyst for a wider regional war. Many observers are comparing it to the 1973 Yom Kippur war, arguing that Israel repeated many of the same mistakes in failing to anticipate the attack. But this was more than an intelligence failure. It was failure of imagination. Israel grew comfortable managing its relationship with Hamas in Gaza, keeping rocket attacks and suicide bombings to a relatively low level for almost a decade. Moreover, as we saw in a visit last month, Israel’s top security officials are obsessed with the non-state threat posed by Hizballah to the north and concerned with unrest in the occupied West Bank. There was little expectation that Hamas could launch anything Israeli forces couldn’t handle with their then-limited security posture near Gaza.

What Israel missed is the growing democratization of technology, which is rapidly providing new and dangerous capabilities to non-state actors. Stephen Biddle, in his book Nonstate Warfare, argues that this is allowing violent non-state actors to achieve military capabilities that had previously been reserved for states. When carefully integrated into hybrid military-terror campaigns, these can challenge states that insist on maintaining dated misperceptions of their foes. Our research finds non-state actors are increasingly developing special operations capabilities, which are creating strategic and political effects beyond their tactical use.

More:

warontherocks.com

Al-Aqsa Storm Heralds the Rise of Non-state Special Operations - War on the Rocks

The shock of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault continues to reverberate around the world amidst fears it will be the catalyst for a wider regional war. Many observers
warontherocks.com
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That's as good an excuse I've ever heard....

Imagine that!

It's not as if they weren't warned ahead of time. Bibi shouldn't have moved the military away from that area just days before....

What was he thinking?
 
Goldhedge said:
That's as good an excuse I've ever heard....

Imagine that!

It's not as if they weren't warned ahead of time. Bibi shouldn't have moved the military away from that area just days before....

What was he thinking?
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My take on the article is a bit different than yours.

From the article:

Conclusion

Israel is not the only state to be surprised by violent non-state special operations. The 2007 Karbala raid, for example, executed by Asaib al-Haq militia members disguised as U.S special forces, succeeded in taking hostages at a U.S. military base in Iraq. As these examples proliferate, it is becoming increasingly clear that states’ monopoly over special operations is over. The growing proliferation of military technologies, coupled with the consistent underestimation of militant groups, is allowing non-state actors to take on states and demonstrate the power to hurt.

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I read it as a warning about non-state (non-governments) attacks on who / whatever. Think back to the 60's and all the different groups there were back then and their different grievances.

They pale in comparison to all the different groups in today's world. Political, religious, racial, and the thousands of crazies out there who could be capable of declaring war on anyone they don't like.

Some of the links in the article are for books, others are info. I'm still playing around with them.

Just my take - fwiw.
 
What makes something a "special operation"?
....and how is it different than normal planning and coordination that any group of people could employ?
 
Joe King said:
What makes something a "special operation"?
....and how is it different than normal planning and coordination that any group of people could employ?
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www.britannica.com

Special operations warfare | Tactics, Strategies & History

Special operations warfare, unconventional military actions against enemy vulnerabilities that are undertaken by specially designated, selected, trained, equipped, and supported units known as special forces or special operations forces (SOF). Special operations are often conducted in conjunction
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^^^ based on that descriprion, I don't see what they did as being a special military operation.
 
Joe King said:
What makes something a "special operation"?
....and how is it different than normal planning and coordination that any group of people could employ?
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searcher said:
www.britannica.com

Special operations warfare | Tactics, Strategies & History

Special operations warfare, unconventional military actions against enemy vulnerabilities that are undertaken by specially designated, selected, trained, equipped, and supported units known as special forces or special operations forces (SOF). Special operations are often conducted in conjunction
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The rules of war... kill, or be killed, but do it nicely....
 
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The United States' top diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv on Friday to push for humanitarian pauses in the Gaza war as Israel said it had surrounded the Palestinian enclave's biggest city and the focus of its drive to annihilate Hamas.

Blinken, on his second trip to Israel in a month, is due to discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders concrete steps to minimise harm to civilians in besieged Gaza, where food, fuel, water and medicine are scarce.

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Top US diplomat lands in Israel to press for pauses in Gaza war; Israel says encircles major city

The United States' top diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv on Friday to push for humanitarian pauses in the Gaza war as Israel said it had surrounded the Palestinian enclave's biggest city and the focus of its drive to annihilate Hamas.
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^^^^^^
The Israelis said they are making progress, and nothing will stop them. Wonder if Blinken visit will cause them to pause?
 
searcher said:
... Wonder if Blinken visit will cause them to pause?
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Not good.

  • LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:
  • Palestinians report Israeli strike on school, say 15 died
  • Blinken due to meet Arab leaders demanding ceasefire
  • US says it has "indirect engagement" in efforts to free hostages
GAZA/AMMAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Palestinians reported a deadly Israeli strike on a Gaza City area school serving as a shelter on Saturday, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to hear Arab demands for a ceasefire in a meeting in Jordan.

Witnesses said an Israeli strike hit Al-Fakhoura school in Jabalia refugee camp, killing and wounding many of the evacuees who had taken shelter there. At least 15 people died and dozens more were wounded, Mohammad Abu Selmeyah, the head of al-Shifa Hospital, said of the school incident.

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Palestinians report Israeli strike on school ahead of diplomatic talks

Witnesses said the strike hit a school in the Jabalia refugee camp, killing and wounding many who had taken shelter there. Reuters pictures showed belongings on the ground, patches of blood and people crying.
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Dang if this doesn't sound like business as usual... eh?

 
Related....

Breaking News: Russian Aerospace Forces (VKF) strike illegal armed groups in Syria's Idlib province. Underground hideouts and drone control points of the militants targeted. More updates to follow. Stay tuned. #Syria #Russia #Idlib

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ВКС РФ поразили объекты незаконных вооруженных формирований в Сирии - Газета.Ru | Новости

Воздушно-космические силы (ВКС) России поразили объекты незаконных вооруженных формирований в сирийской провинции Идлиб. Об этом на брифинге сообщил заместитель руководителя российского Центра по примирению враждующих сторон в Сирии контр-адмирал Вадим Кулить, передает ТАСС .
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This is an interesting take. Worth the 18 minutes of your time.

 
GENEVA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Global calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war have gone unheeded, preventing anything more than a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Israeli-besieged Gaza as shortages of food, fuel, drinking water and medicine worsen.

Here is a rundown of what some U.N. agencies call a "humanitarian catastrophe" enveloping the tiny Hamas-ruled enclave of 2.3 million people.

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Gaza humanitarian crisis: What is the current situation?

Global calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war have gone unheeded, preventing anything more than a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Israeli-besieged Gaza as shortages of food, fuel, drinking water and medicine worsen.
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GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Israel gave civilians still trapped inside freshly encircled Gaza City a four hour window to leave on Tuesday, and residents escaping said they passed tanks in position to possibly begin storming it.

Israel says its forces have surrounded Gaza City, home to a third of the enclave's 2.3 million people, and are poised to storm it soon in their campaign to annihilate the Hamas Islamists who attacked Israeli towns exactly a month ago.

www.reuters.com

Israel readies for Gaza City push as UN decries month of Middle East 'carnage'

Israel gave civilians still trapped inside freshly encircled Gaza City a four hour window to leave on Tuesday, and residents escaping said they passed tanks in position to possibly begin storming it.
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What if this Israeli/Zionist false flag is far more insidious than one might think?

What if Hamas isn't really Hamas, what if they were Zionist funded mercs with the outward appearance of Hamas "terrorists"?
 


4. The enemy may broadcast images of prisoners, most likely civilians, but the goal is to suggest the rapid collapse of the resistance. Do not believe them.

5. The enemy will carry out tactical, qualitative operations to assassinate some symbols [of resistance], and all of this is part of psychological warfare. Those who have died and those who will die will never affect the resistance's system and cohesion because the structure and formations of the resistance are not centralized but horizontal and widespread. Their goal is to influence the resistance's support base and the families of the resistance fighters, as they are the only ones who can affect the men of the resistance.

6. Our direct human and material losses will be much greater than the enemy's, which is natural in guerrilla wars that rely on willpower, the human element, and the extent of patience and endurance. We are far more capable of bearing the costs, so there is no need to compare or be alarmed by the magnitude of the numbers.

7. Today's wars are no longer just wars and clashes between armies but rather are struggles between societies. Let us be like a solid structure and play a game of biting fingers with the enemy, our society against their society.

Finally, every Palestinian (in the broad sense, meaning anyone who sees Palestine as a part of their struggle, regardless of their secondary identities), every Palestinian is on the front lines of the battle for Palestine, so be careful not to fail in your duty.
 
chieftain said:
What if this Israeli/Zionist false flag is far more insidious than one might think?

What if Hamas isn't really Hamas, what if they were Zionist funded mercs with the outward appearance of Hamas "terrorists"?
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How do you fight a war when you don't have an enemy?

I've seen 'reports/stories' where Hamas was financially supported by the Zionists. Planned opposition.
 
Goldhedge said:
I've seen 'reports/stories' where Hamas was financially supported by the Zionists. Planned opposition.
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It's not even conjecture, it's on the public record.

How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas - WSJ.com

Andrew Higgins on how Israel's decades-long dealings with Palestinian Islamists reveal a catalog of unintended and often perilous consequences.
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