📷 Additionally, one Iron Dome interceptor exploded over Al-Naqoura village.

🥀 Lebanese civilian woman Ghana Abbadi succumbed to her wounds sustained in a murderous Israeli attack on Kafra village a few days ago.

✍ Hezbullah's successful attacks in Mount Meron or other strategic Israeli bases have always been countered with Israeli retaliations deep in Lebanon.

In such events, Israel attacked locations north of the Litani or in Baalbek. What is different today?

Israeli senior journalists have been asking this question and the answer came from the IDF officials: "It is an acceptable price to pay and damage to absorb after we killed Hezbullah's Abu Taleb."

This sinister logic is an Israeli modus operandi, allowing Hezbullah or any other resistance faction to steam off after being hit badly, losing men whose experience spans over decades, for a price paid in dollar in material losses.

Equipment can be replaced and money can be generated, but those dead are out of the game and their experience isn't easily replaced.

🇮🇷/🇺🇦 Iranian 122mm HE shells used by the Ukrainian forces against Russian forces.

No record of such shells ever lost at sea by being captured by US forces. Production is reportedly new.

📄 The Israeli army disobeys the government, implements a daily 12 hour truce

The Israeli military says it will carry out a daily "tactical pause of military activity" in areas of the southern Gaza Strip to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to Palestinians.

The IDF says the pause will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. every day along a road that leads from the Kerem Shalom Crossing to the Salah a-Din road, and then northward toward the Khan Younis area.

In reality, this step was done because the Israeli army lost direction and is facing difficulties there with the lack of political will to act with full force in Rafah. This is causing casualties in their ranks and giving Hamas ability to maneuver.

This announcement didn't sit well with the Israeli prime minister, who issued an angry statement announcing this truce was not approved by him:

"There was no coordination with me and there will be no such truce. This will not happen. There is an investigation into how an announcement like this was issued without coordination with the political level."

📹 Hezbullah released footage of their attack with a suicide drone Bayad Blida base on the Lebanese border

📄 Despite absolute calm from Lebanon and no attacks on Israel for the past 24+ hours, the Israeli terrorist army attacked

- With artillery the villages Naqoura, Alma Al-Shaab, Al-Dhahira, Yarin, Al-Zaloutiyah, Ramia, and Al-Quzah.

- An airstrike on the eastern outskirts of the town of Shaqra, towards the valley

📷 An additional airstrike targeted Kfarkila village

📋 A woman and her four children were lightly injured in the Israeli attack on Shaqra village. They are refugees from Hula village.

📹 The Israeli terrorist army released footage of their aggression on four locations in south Lebanon, in Shaqra and Taybeh Mhaibib and Kafr Kila.

The attack in Shaqra injured a mother and her 4 children.

📄 About 4 days have passed and the army didn't comment on their attack on Jnata, that killed two female civilians and injured many more civilians.

✍ The last attack from Lebanon towards Israel was yesterday before 2 pm, on a day when only 2 attacks were announced.

🗣 Israeli army spokesman issued a full statement dedicated to attack Hezbullah and accuse it of dragging Lebanon and the region to a much greater war for the decision it took on 8-October.

In his statement, he says Israel is ready to do what's necessary to return peace in the north and detter another 7-October.

"Israel will take the necessary measures to protect its civilians, until security along our border with Lebanon is restored,"

Hagari warns that "one way or another we will ensure the safe and secure return of Israelis to their homes in Northern Israel. That is not up for negotiation."

"October 7th cannot happen again, on any one of Israel's borders. Israel has a duty to defend the people of Israel. We will fulfill that duty, at all costs," Hagari adds.

✍ The IDF continues to signal the seriousness of its intentions regarding Hezbullah, now also in a statement addressed to the world in English.

There are many variables, real intentions, bluffs, and many more things going on behind the scenes. Its not that or that.

Israel is still hoping that after the Rafah operation ends, they will try to negotiate a ceasefire in Lebanon too. And if this fails, ending the battle in Rafah is important before starting a war in Lebanon.

Hezbullah on the other hand said they aren't in a full scale war, and that as soon as it ends in Gaza they will stop. Israel knows they are honest about this stance.

So Israel is working on weaking Hezbullah for two reasons or two scenarios:
1- As a punishment for involvement if this ends with peace
2- As a needed prerequisite before the war

Regardless if this ends with peace, Israel learned more how 2006-Hezbullah evolved and they will prepare to attack sooner than later after that peace to end that threat.

The US is worried and wants to avoid at any cost such a regional war before the US elections.

As for Netanyahu? He's trying to survive politically until Trump is back at office.

Hundreds of locals visited their villages today in south Lebanese and on the frontline, to pray and visit the cemeteries.

📷 Not long after people started leaving, an Israeli airstrike was carried in Mays al-Jabal.

This is despite no attacks from Lebanon!

📷 Additionally, heavy artillery targeted the Lebanese villages of Kfarhammam, Shebaa, Shaheen, etc.

Overnight, artillery attacked Aitaroun and Bint Jbeil with heavy artillery.

⚠️ This wave of Israeli terror was followed by a targeted assassination on Sal'a road.

📹 Israelis soldiers also shot towards civilians in Duhayra village, from their positions in the Jirdah base.

🗓5 March 2024

📑 U.S. envoy Hochstein delinks Gaza from Lebanon front and indirectly informs Hezbollah what it will take to bring quiet along border

He says truce in Gaza will not necessarily automatically extend to Lebanon. Hochstein says a temporary ceasefire is not enough; limited war is not containable. Security paradigm along blue line has to change, this guarantees everyone security

"US remains committed to advance lasting security solutions achieved through diplomatic process that will allow Lebanese to return safely to their homes and allow Israelis to return home safely in northern Israel. We are hopeful we can get there"

He met today with all Lebanese officials and political families, excluding Hezbullah.

🗓5 March 2024

📑 Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbullah Sheikh Naim Qassem:

"Envoys come to Lebanon to discuss Israeli threats, [but] no one talks about stopping the aggression on Gaza; they say the aggression on Gaza will continue; we have said those who want to mediate must mediate an end to the aggression.

...they should not mediate to prevent support [to Gaza] against the aggression."

📝 Reminder that Hezbullah isn't fighting a war against Israel but is presenting itself as a front to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza.

How effective, that's not for me to assess, but a war has different standards, calculations, and events. Israel might drag this to a war or conclude this battle by the conclusion of the war in Gaza.

📄 France and the US scramble to avoid a greater war in the Middle East

A senior adviser to US President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Monday for meetings to avoid further escalation between Israel and Lebanon, a White House official said on Sunday.

Amos Hochstein will advance efforts to avoid further escalation along the "Blue Line" between Israel and Lebanon, said the official, who did not wish to be identified.

After the relatively heavy exchanges over the past week, Sunday saw a halt in Hezbullah fire, while the Israeli military said that it had carried out several air strikes against the group in southern Lebanon.

The US and France are working on a negotiated settlement to the hostilities along Lebanon's southern border. Hezbollah says it will not halt fire unless Israel stops its military offensive on Gaza.

However, Israel has informed negotiators that if Hezbullah doesn't stop now, stopping after the war ends in Gaza won't be enough and Israel will not accept it then.