📹 The moment the Israeli drones allegedly murdered a senior Hezbullah local commander.

Israeli media reported that this assassination is in response to the attack on the Israeli army HQ today in Qiryat Shmona, and injured 3 soldiers.

✍️ An X thread yesterday reminded me of the point here, about Hezbullah self limiting itself.

This point is underappreciated and its impact is rather very big. Back when fighting in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, or anywhere else, Hezbullah knew the homefront was safe.

Lebanon, Beirut, south Lebanon, the Homefront was safe, the people were safe, and so was their lifelihood and their existence.

Because of that, Hezbullah was able to mount offensives against Syria rebels, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and everyone else with ease. Hezbullah moved armies between countries and it's fair to say they almost moved mountains that stood in their path.

They were (and still are) men of war who won any challenge.

But this time, it's different. Not Hezbullah, but the conditions that dedicate how Hezbullah acts.

To understand how Hezbullah, whose smallest rocket launcher is 20 slots, is firing barely few rockets in some attacks, and to understand how/why Hezbullah hasn't destroyed Israeli settlements or attacked with more intensity...is to understand Hezbullah wants to protect the homefront.

Hezbullah doesn't want to burden this homefront that barley exited a very harsh and devastating economic collapse and political instability. The homefront is too sacred and cherished to be risked immaturely.

This is why Hezbullah self limited itself, accepted more damage than it is causing, and had to resort to unorthodox tactics to engage the Israeli army to achieve some goals and reserve ability.

Hezbullah was successful in limiting the army resources in Gaza, forcing settlers to evacuate, destroying army gear and assets...all to a limited impact on the army and events.

Hezbullah is ready for an extended war with the enemy, and they have been prepared for long and they are now prepared to go forward...

The only issue is, the goal is to end the war in Gaza not to expand the war. But that's something the Israeli leadership isn't planning to do, and despite the heroic resistance in Gaza surviving this long, it's a ticking time bomb. Any day could cause enough damage, which wasn't done in months of effort.

That, and the ever increasing heavy toll the Israeli army is inflicting on Hezbullah.

That, while the Israeli army continues to hide its soldiers away from the current frontline in Lebanon, denying Hezbullah any targets in the current level of escalation.

Hezbullah isn't attacking this few number of times per day because they decided to, the reality is the number of available legitimate targets to engage are limited. It's so easy to fire one projectile towards empty bases and fields and claim two dozen attacks. But Hezbullah isn't trying to win a war on social media.

The Israeli army is acting very arrogantly and viciously in Lebanon, with full destruction of villages and targeted assassinations. It's quite sorrowful that some are being martyred just few days into their deployment.

But with the current trajectory of events, it's very clear that the situation cannot stay so for long. There cannot be stability based on this instability. How things progress will be very delicate and wil have ripple effects on many things to come.

Hezbullah will not launch a war against the Israeli army, and it will only engage in one the moment the Israeli army does that to Lebanon. This was stated by his eminence.

It'll be interesting days, ones full of pride and misery, but those are destined; moments that influence a future that was never going to escape bloodshed.

🗞️ Israeli army air force commander says hundreds of jets are ready to operate against Lebanon at any time, a sharp increase from the few dozens designated for Lebanon. 💩

⚠️ In it's 8th statement today, Hezbullah claims attacking Meron Air Control strategic base with Falaq rockets in response to the Israeli attacks on Lebanese villages and the attack on Nabatieh.

📹 Hezbullah released footage of their attacks on the Israeli Branit barracks, causing material damage.

📷 At least 20+ rockets were fired about 20 minutes ago towards Israeli settlements and a senior army HQ.

The assassination attempt in Nabatieh was an unacceptable Israeli behaviour that is to be deterred.

🗞️ One settler was lightly injured in the attack on a house in Metulla.

In his statement, he attacked the government who only speaks about the settlers who escaped from the Gaza envelope but forget about the ones on the Lebanese border.

📹 One rocket was intercepted and the other dozens landed in various areas.

📷 Photo of the sharpnel on a street in Safad. Unclear if its a rocket impact or the fall of an intercepted rocket.

📷 A UAV was intercepted over Haifa.

🗞️ Israeli media revealed that Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima, a Bedouin Israeli who crossed into the Gaza Strip in 2016 and joined Hamas is the one who was detained back in December while trying to cross back into Israel.

📷 Israeli jets attacked the upper apartment in a building in Markaba village. No casualties.

⚠️ Additional Israeli attacks in Arnoun. Casualties feared.

⚠️ Ongoing Israeli aggression in Syria.

🗞️ No casualties in the attack on the house by Israeli drones in Shqeef.

📷 Intense Israeli airstrikes target Maroun Al-Ras village in south Lebanon.

⚠️ Hezbullah issued a statement announcing destroying an Israeli tank in Al-Baghdadi military base.

Tanks are rare to find because they keep hiding like rats.

📷 An Israeli attack took place in Kfartebneet village earlier.

📷 Additional attacks targeted Khiyam village for the 3rd day in a row.

📹 Footage from inside Khiyam village just moments after the barbarian Israeli attack.

📹 Aftermath of the Israeli aggression on Naqoura, where a house was attacked and destroyed.