Meanwhile on the International front....

Did Israel take the gloves off yet? If not they are now.

Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response

 

Hamas leader killed in Tehran.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-hamas-israel-30968a7acb31cd8b259de9650014b779

 

If they're not safe in Tehran, well...

 

That is as badass as it gets. Sure Seal Team 6 took out Bin Laden by swooping into Pakistan, but getting commandos INTO Iran, taking out a top Hamas target - so much respect for that crew of soldiers. They know they are toast if it isn't successful. And a nice FU to Iran as well.
Its one thing to lob rockets from hundreds of miles away, when you realize a country can find you and kill you wherever - it might change your approach to things.

I just wish Israel could be this "surgical" when it comes to their operations in Gaza.

 

Curious if Trump has sent a congratulatory phone call to Maduro. Or who is taking notes from whom.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/americas/venezuela-election-maduro-analysis-intl-latam/index.html

 

They could. This op proves yet again that they can be precise when they choose to be.

They chose instead to simply flatten every home and business in Gaza, on the theory that someone with Hamas might have been/would be there at some point, so there would damn well be nowhere to return to.

The civilians it belonged to? Casualties of war. Tough shit. Shoulda lived somewhere else.

 

Not just in Tehran with Hamas, but also in Beirut with Hezbollah.

Israel isn't coming to play.

Israel claims it killed Hezbollah top commander in south Beirut airstrike

 

This is rich coming from Russia, which is doing the same thing.

Russia calls killing of Hamas leader 'unacceptable political murder,' RIA reports

 

Yes. You're sooooooo right. Because a targeted assassination of a single leader over a period of 10 months is EXACTLY the same thing as trying to knock out the capacity of thousands of armed militants in tunnels below cities.

 

The leader of Hezbollah killed in Iran. Israel is not fucking around.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...-killed-iran-hamas-says-statement-2024-07-31/

 

Commandos? Pretty sure it was an airstrike.

 

Oh my bad, when I read assassination, figured it was close in. Still, figure there had to be some Israeli special forces involved on the ground to confirm location.

- Plus, it really bugs me that Hamas' "leaders" are hiding out far away while their people are facing such harsh realities in Gaza. Why there is still public for support for Hamas is beyond me.