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Islam has given you 3 clear examples in life, aside from the exceptions where God himself saw humans are fit for miraculous victory

- You fight to win when you have strength
- You make a deal when weak until you are strong enough to detter an enemy
- You fight until you die, if death was the only option when the other is humiliation or surrender

From Badr's example of Uhud, from Dudayba to Fateh Mecca, then from Sefen to Imam Hassan's treaty with Mua'weya, and then to Imam Hussein's martyrdom

From miracle victory to mishaps, from a pace of calm with the pagans to complete victory. From a bitter poison deal to martyrdom and oppression.

Each phase illustrates, the different needs and conditions of different times.

Had Muhammad not done that deal Islam would have been lost. Had Ali confronted Omar Islam would have been lost. Had Hussien not fight until death Islam would have been lost.

This is me speaking religiously. Military wise, it is even more important.

For god's sake literally 15 months ago, Hezbullah gave us all an example too. 15 painful months of being silent being attacked, killed and damaged to only buy time to rebuild what was severely damaged back into a force similar to 2006-2008 capable to fending off a vicious evil enemy

Hezbullah of 2023 is not that of today, and the mishaps it faced costed it decades of advancements that changed its level of threat towards Israel down from existential.
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I didn't even imply Iran will accept the deal or this is what's being offered.

Iran's staunch insistence on ensuring a victory back in the 1980's made it reject 3-4 ceasefires with the Baathist regime of Saddam

All I'm saying..idk and idc if I explained it as clearly as I should, ensuring the survivability of the regime intact is far more important than other things and ensuring the regime has the means for rebuilding its institutions and economy is the only way to ensure the system can survive and not collapse due to economic issues.

The U.S is not going anywhere and to continue to fight Israel or be a foe against it to ensure the whole Muslim world doesn't fully (is already mostly) complicit with it..you have to work with the circumstances.

Military wise..I won't discuss..no one wants to actually understand
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Italy turns to Algeria as Qatar unable to deliver gas

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to visit Algeria this week as Rome seeks to lock in alternative gas sources following extended disruptions to Qatari deliveries. Her office confirmed she will arrive in Algiers on Wednesday, though no detailed itinerary was provided.

Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin stated on Friday that Algeria is among the countries Italy is actively negotiating with to shore up its gas supply, after Iranian strikes on Qatar appeared to have knocked out its exports for the foreseeable future. He added that Italian state-owned energy firms are in discussions with suppliers from Algeria, the US, and Azerbaijan to boost incoming gas volumes, with the government working to facilitate those efforts.

Qatar had previously supplied around 10% of Italy's gas demand, but in the wake of the war in West Asia, it informed Italian customer Edison that it "would not be able to fulfil its contractual obligations for April."

๐Ÿ”— The Cradle
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โ—๏ธAn Israeli targeted assassination took place in Hazmieh area in Beirut
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Hazmieh mayor says they might kick out all displaced Lebanese from the area, after today's incident

Several towns and neighborhoods around Lebanon did such actions, even though people have paid rent and were not there hosted for free.
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Damage is in the apartment is minimal, with no structural damages (so likely no GBUs involved)

Reports indicate one Martyr so far.
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Reports indicate two Hezbullah members have been captured in south Lebanon in one of the front line towns
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The photo with the flag is from the ceasefire during the 2024 war.
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Flag was up again, seems to have been removed that day

The mosque my miniature was demolished by the Israeli soldiers
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Damage is in the apartment is minimal, with no structural damages (so likely no GBUs involved)

Reports indicate one Martyr so far.
Apartment was rented by the wife of the martyr a few months ago.

Below is a report by Lebanese media:

Target was Mohammad Ali Kourani in the Hazmieh area.

Kourani is the same person Israel had previously tried to assassinate.

Today, he arrived at the apartment about two hours before the assassination attempt, accompanied by his wife and son, and went inside to sleep before the location was targeted.

His wife and son escaped the attack unharmed.

Kourani had survived a similar assassination attempt weeks earlier when the Israeli army targeted the Comfort Hotel where he was staying.

He had left the hotel minutes before the airstrike, which prevented him from being injured.
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The latest airstrike on the city of Bint Jbeil targeted the Womenโ€™s Husseiniya building in the main market.

Various other Israeli airstrikes targeted:
- A'dcheet
- Henieh and Mansoureh
- Beit leaf and Qawzah

A dozen or so other towns were attacked with artillery, in both the western and Eastern sectors
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Hezbullah issued more than 40 statements today detailing reports about suicide drone and rockets launches targeting:

- A set of Israeli settlements
- Israeli border bases in Israel and Lebanon
- Israeli army gathering and areas of advances from Naqoura, Khiyam, Taybeh and other areas

No recent reports about any ATGMs attacks,FPVs nor clashes.
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๐Ÿ“ธ South Lebanon. Village not named, as located by Israeli forces in the first line of towns
Seems that the photo a few days ago was from the incident where two Hezbullah fighters were captured

They are allegedly from Beqaa, in a vantage point for ATGMs, which should not be directly in the line of fire of ground Israeli forces unless they were very close to the border area trying to reach Israeli settlements

The house was demolished, so it'll likely be geolocated.

May God be with them in this harsh period
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Shotguns for FPVs and AKs zeroed by the sniper units in April-2024

According to the Israeli claim, the ATGM cell spotted the force but couldn't target it in time.

Israeli forces likely snuck at night and was able to catch the cell off guard by monitoring their previous activity

ุญุณุจูŠ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆ ู†ุนู… ุงู„ูˆูƒูŠู„ุŒ ูˆ ู„ุง ุญูˆู„ ูˆ ู„ุง ู‚ูˆุฉ ุงู„ุง ุจุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุนุธูŠู…
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The heroes were in Khiyam towm. Won't share the photos, but they are staged, taken after they were captured.

You can notice their wrists after being tied-up for some time.

Geolocation: 33.329097ยฐ, 35.603112ยฐ (Khiam)
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The Pentagon is considering sending ~3,000 rapid-response paratroopers (82nd Airborne) to support possible U.S. operations in Iranโ€”potentially to seize Kharg Island.

Marines might go first to secure and repair infrastructure, with airborne troops reinforcing later.

Source: NYT
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โญ•๏ธุจุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ | ู…ุดุงู‡ุฏ ู…ู† ุนู…ู„ูŠู‘ุฉ ุงุณุชู‡ุฏุงู ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงูˆู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅุณู„ุงู…ูŠุฉ ุชุฌู…ู‘ุน ู„ุฌู†ูˆุฏ ุฌูŠุด ุงู„ุนุฏูˆ ุงู„ุฅุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ูŠ ููŠ ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ุณูƒุงู ุนุงู… ูˆู…ุณุชูˆุทู†ุฉ ุฒุฑุนูŠุช ุดู…ุงู„ ูู„ุณุทูŠู† ุงู„ู…ุญุชู„ุฉ ุจุตู„ูŠุงุชู ุตุงุฑูˆุฎูŠู‘ุฉ.

#ุงู„ุฅุนู„ุงู…_ุงู„ุญุฑุจูŠ
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โ—๏ธ After sonic booms over Beirut and Sidon, airstrikes now in Dahyeh
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โ—๏ธHezbullah engaged a column of Israeli tanks pushing from the outskirts of Taybeh town towards Qanatar

A colum of 8 tanks were reportedly damaged according to Hezbullah's statements and one D-9

Another D-9 was attacked with RPGs by a fighter inside the town hitting it.

On Qawzah front, Hezbullah used about half a dozen FPVs on Israeli soldiers and vehicles.

Today marked one of the most intense fighting, with the highest number of FPVs and ATGMs used in this war.

Hezbullah also engaged with MANPADS at least one helicopter, causing helicopters to change their approach.

โœ Posting is not resumed. I only wanted to cover this important development, which if amounted to Israeli soldier deaths will be a very important thing.

There a lot of developments everywhere, including increasing intensity of attacks on Lebanon and more evidence that the U.S will land troops in Iran by next week+

A thread is expected later tonight (already done and scheduled) to cover some things in general.
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โ˜ ๏ธ An IDF reservist was seriously wounded by Hezbullah rocket fire in southern Lebanon earlier today

This is one of many attacks targeting Israeli army gathering in Lebanese towns. There are definitely other injuries but they only reported the serious one.

Soldiers don't happen to wander alone.

The rocket strike also injured a reserve battalion commander and another reservist soldier
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The Israeli push to Qantara is very important and deep but placed in line of fire from the nearby towns that are used in previous ATGM attacks on Taybeh, Khiyam and so on

Israeli vehicles were activated to withdraw some of the damaged vehicles. Intense attacks on nearby towns that overlook Qantara

The attack didn't start from Taybeh which they didn't fuly occupy, but its outskirts and the empty lands in between

Hezbullah's defense of Qantara will be the first clear indicator of how many things will follow considering it is a second line of towns with no prior Israeli activity in it in the past war
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Yesterday's Israeli threats to evacuate included al-Qantara town, the highlight of the Israeli push and the surrounding town

Eventually Ghandourieh and Wadi al-Hujjier. A very important Israeli axis and push
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