Israel’s military says eight of its soldiers have been killed in combat in southern Lebanon, its first losses since the start of the ground invasion against the armed group Hezbollah.
Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, said it had destroyed Israeli tanks during the fighting and insisted it had enough men and ammunition to push back the forces.
Earlier, the Israeli military announced that more infantry and armoured troops had joined the operation seeking to dismantle what it called “terrorist infrastructure” in Lebanese border villages.
Meanwhile, there have been more Israeli air strikes in Beirut’s densely populated southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has its most important base.
Hezbollah has been weakened after two weeks of Israeli strikes and other attacks that have killed more than 1,200 people across Lebanon and displaced around 1.2 million, according to Lebanese authorities.
Its it actually a war yet or we still pretending it’s not?
It is a special military operation duuh.
As was the bombing of hundreds of civilians in the Capital. Simply a military operation, totally not war
Its war when Israel kills someone, terrorism when anyone else does.
Its terrorism when its a non state actor using violence to achieve political objectives. Its war when its state v state.
So when Isreal strikes Gaza its somehow state vs state even though Gaza isn’t it’s own country? But when Gaza strikes back they’re no longer considered a state and it’s terrorism again?
I didn’t mention Gaza, why is that your point?