Israel-Hezbollah-Iran War

[sanman]

Hezbollah just launched large rocket attack on Israel, in the wake of Israeli strikes against key Hezbollah people

Experts have been saying the Iranian retaliation against Israel would be multi-pronged, through multiple routes




Is it true that Iran has acquired nukes, and has warned Israel of this?

If so, would those be Pak nukes, or NoKo nukes?
Would have to be NoKo -- I don't think Pak has the guts

[sanman]

Another thing -- will Russia get involved if US does?








Furthermore -- during 1962 Cuban Missile crisis, when both US & Soviets faced off against each other, China saw the opportunity to attack India while both superpowers were distracted.
Should India be on alert over this?

[sanman]

[wig]

U.S. 'Rats Out' To Iran 10 Mossad Agents 'Who Killed Haniyeh'; Biden Admin Says
Fox News has reported that a high-level American delegation visited Tehran and handed over a list of 10 Mossad agents, who the U.S. claims was directly or indirectly involved in the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh last month The U.S. National Security Council spokesperson has refuted the reports as false.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/vid ... 552226.cms

[Deans]

Part 6 of my ongoing blog series of the Gaza/ Hezbollah war.
I have indexed the blog for easier access to all articles (I'm not tech savvy and started my career at a time when we used typewriters).

https://rpdeans.blogspot.com/2024/08/ga ... other.html

[drnayar]

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/isr ... f18fdc781c





One year of “the world’s most advanced military force”, and they can only degrade 3 enemy battalions? Meanwhile, Russia destroys that many Ukrainian battalions on some days.



Just take in the recent video of Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan’s comments from his car, as he leaves the UN HQ in NYC: wipe off the un building off the face of the earth!

The economic indicators speak of nothing less than an economic catastrophe. Over 46,000 businesses have gone bankrupt, tourism has stopped, Israel’s credit rating was lowered, Israeli bonds are sold at the prices of almost “junk bonds” levels, and the foreign investments that have already dropped by 60% in the first quarter of 2023 (as a result of the policies of Israel’s far-right government before October 7) show no prospects of recovery




Source : https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/isr ... h-of-peril

[Deans]

Nayar ji, Simplicius is very good in his technical analysis of Russia-Ukraine. I follow him, but have to discount the obviously pro
Russia bias.

On Israel, I think he is on shakier ground. Sometimes the analysis is stretched to give it a very Anti Israel, pro Iran bias.
For e.g. he says the Airport was packed with panicking people trying to flee the country.
Tel Aviv airport was closed for an hour. Any busy airport closed for an hour will have a crowd building up. The closure time can be
verified from the airport website.

[sanman]

Forbes always reliably roots for war, whether against Russia, or against Iran, or against China. He'd never allow his own grandkids to be sent to die in war, though.

I'd heard that US now has B-2 bombers in Diego Garcia.

The NeoCons ha've moved lots of firepower in the region to obliterate Iran, if they can get the opportunity, since Netanyahu wants a war at any cost.

Iran knows this, and will therefore apparently avoid any retaliatory attack against Israel.

[Deans]

Nayar ji, Simplicius is very good in his technical analysis of Russia-Ukraine. I follow him, but have to discount the obviously pro
Russia bias.

On Israel, I think he is on shakier ground. Sometimes the analysis is stretched to give it a very Anti Israel, pro Iran bias.
For e.g. he says the Airport was packed with panicking people trying to flee the country.
Tel Aviv airport was closed for an hour. Any busy airport closed for an hour will have a crowd building up. The closure time can be
verified from the airport website.

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/pow ... s-usher-in
This post on the Ukraine war is why I follow Simplicius. His technical detail (SU-34 evading a patriot) is a level above others.

[Amber G.]

Reiterated India’s strong & unequivocal condemnation of the October 7 terror attacks on Israel, called for the unconditional and immediate release of all hostages, ceasefire.

...: MEA on India Israel foreign office consultation.

[sanman]

[sanman]

Blinken Accuses Iran of Arming Russia

(which lobby does Blinken represent again?)

[sanman]

Are US, Israel, & Iran seriously preparing for war in earnest?

Apparently, the Iranian leadership may have concluded that US & Israel really do intend to make war on them in the months ahead.

[Manish_P]

Reports and videos coming in of hundreds of pagers and cellphones used by Hezbollah blowing up. Many of them at the same time.

6th gen warfare by the Israelis?

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezb ... aec124461b

Hezbollah members among hundreds wounded after pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria, officials say

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday, wounding members of the militant group Hezbollah, the Iranian ambassador and dozens of other people.

Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanon border.

[sanman]

Reports and videos coming in of hundreds of pagers and cellphones used by Hezbollah blowing up. Many of them at the same time.

6th gen warfare by the Israelis?

Next to these guys, RAW are amateurs

[Manish_P]

What I am concerned about is the mass proliferation of Chinese mobiles in our country. I am willing to bet that a good percentage of our armed forces use Chinese mobiles.

And also any military communication equipment manufactured by king khan and his vassals

[sanman]

What I am concerned about is the mass proliferation of Chinese mobiles in our country. I am willing to bet that a good percentage of our armed forces use Chinese mobiles.

And also any military communication equipment manufactured by king khan and his vassals

We'd better learn our lessons quickly. I'd imagine even Indian manufacturers can be bribed, corrupted, subverted to similar effect too.

Iran ambassador to Lebanon was seriously injured by pager explosion.

[sanman]

I remember when South Africa planted a shipment of tampered hand grenades with ANC.

Instead of a standard 5-second fuse, it was only a 1-second fuse delay. You can imagine the results.

[vimal]

What I am concerned about is the mass proliferation of Chinese mobiles in our country. I am willing to bet that a good percentage of our armed forces use Chinese mobiles.

And also any military communication equipment manufactured by king khan and his vassals

We'd better learn our lessons quickly. I'd imagine even Indian manufacturers can be bribed, corrupted, subverted to similar effect too.

Iran ambassador to Lebanon was seriously injured by pager explosion.

Which Indian manufacturers? Everything is imported even the bullets.

[sanman]

Which Indian manufacturers? Everything is imported even the bullets.

Well, we'd better not import pagers from Iran -- because news sources are claiming that the pagers were made in Iran and then sent to Hezbollah.
So it seems this covert operation was done on Iranian territory itself.

[gakakkad]

We should use the same technique to get pannum and folks hiding in the west .

[sanman]

These pagers were all triggered/detonated at 3:30pm -- why was that considered the best time to kill the terrorists?

[Manish_P]

If the kill count was to be maximised the detonation should have been triggered the second the pager alert was clicked by the receiver. That would be the moment most of the pagers would be close to the face.

[tandav]

Reports and videos coming in of hundreds of pagers and cellphones used by Hezbollah blowing up. Many of them at the same time.

6th gen warfare by the Israelis?

Next to these guys, RAW are amateurs

Israel has previously used Cyber weapons to great effect to take out opponents infrastructure. The imaginative use of Cyber weapons is something that needs serious thought.
https://www.wired.com/2014/11/countdown ... y-stuxnet/

Similar to Israel I am fairly certain Chinese have embedded zero day exploits in many critical communications infrastructure and personal devices. I am certain that most Indian politicians/bureaucrats/important military/judiciary communications via mobiles are closely monitored via either the devices they use or via the telecom infrastructure that has been deployed.

When a hot war breaks out, I fully expect that India's communications infrastructure, power infrastructure (Adani Mumbai black out) etc will be affected badly.

[sanman]

It seems Israel wanted to Send Them A Message

[Karan M]

We'd better learn our lessons quickly. I'd imagine even Indian manufacturers can be bribed, corrupted, subverted to similar effect too.

Iran ambassador to Lebanon was seriously injured by pager explosion.

Which Indian manufacturers? Everything is imported even the bullets.

Absolutely wrong

[sanman]

India: ghar meh ghuske marenge

Israel: gaand meh ghuske marenge, aur gote bhi - aur pants utarenge

[sanman]

[Mollick.R]

If the kill count was to be maximised the detonation should have been triggered the second the pager alert was clicked by the receiver. That would be the moment most of the pagers would be close to the face.

Sir,
please take into account that there were 3000+ pests in target list. Israelis can't decide/ force each & every of those 3000+ pets to pick up the Pager all at a same time & thus keeping it near face.

Say 72 yahoos were reading the TXT MSG immediately after receiving same & thus holding it on hand /near face.

But once those 72 people gets the Khaboom near their face & run towards hospital / morgue the news/ trick/ would have leaked & spread like wild fire among pests network.

Balance (3000-72) would have immediately thrown away their Pagers.

Thus, tactically it was better to go for a pre determined time & blasting all of them simultaneously.

[Mollick.R]

Nearly three to five grams of explosive were found in over 5,000 pagers planted by Mossad that went 'undetected' by Hezbollah for months leading to simultaneous explosions across Lebanon leaving over 11 dead and more 3,000 injured.

Not our product': Taiwanese company Gold Apollo's logo on pagers
After it was discovered that the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo was the supplier of the pagers, the company distanced itself from the product saying that it was BAC which manufactured the product.
"That product isn't ours. They just stick on our company brand," Hsu Ching-Kuang, company's founder and president said.
"We only provide brand trademark authorization and have no involvement in the design or manufacturing of this product," the company said.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's finance ministry said that its records indicate "no direct exports to Lebanon" of such pagers from Gold Apollo. According to the ministry, the company's pagers were primarily exported to Europe and North America. After reviewing news articles and photographs, the ministry concluded that the pagers were modified only after being exported from Taiwan.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... 449165.cms

[Mollick.R]

A Hungarian company has been identified as the manufacturer of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least 12 people, including two children, and wounding nearly 3,000 in an apparent Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah’s communications network, according to a statement from a Taiwanese firm on Wednesday.

The AR-924 pagers used in the attack were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Budapest, Hungary, according to a statement by Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese firm that authorised the use of its brand on the devices. Gold Apollo’s chair, Hsu Ching-kuang, stated that the company has had a licensing agreement with BAC for the past three years. "According to the cooperation agreement, we authorize BAC to use our brand trademark for product sales in designated regions, but the design and manufacturing of the products are solely the responsibility of BAC," the company said.

BAC Consulting KFT, registered in May 2022, appears to be a shell company. Its listed owner, Cristiana Rosaria Bársony-Arcidiacono, is a strategic advisor and business developer, according to her LinkedIn profile, though no connection has been confirmed between her or BAC and the explosive pagers.

The explosions began Tuesday afternoon when pagers held by their owners started heating up before detonating. The attacks targeted Hezbollah members or individuals linked to the group, although it remains unclear if civilians unaffiliated with Hezbollah were also affected. Hospitals in Beirut reported severe injuries, including eye damage and amputations, with Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad confirming that several countries, including Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Egypt, have offered medical assistance.

The AR-924 pager, described by Gold Apollo as “rugged” with up to 85 days of battery life, was removed from their website following the attack. Experts believe the explosives were placed in the devices prior to their delivery. The pagers, which operate on a different wireless network than mobile phones, provided Hezbollah with a means to avoid Israeli surveillance.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wor ... 457932.cms

[Manish_P]

...

But once those 72 people gets the Khaboom near their face & run towards hospital / morgue the news/ trick/ would have leaked & spread like wild fire among pests network.

Balance (3000-72) would have immediately thrown away their Pagers.

Thus, tactically it was better to go for a pre determined time & blasting all of them simultaneously.

Spreading the news across their network would need some time since they had been told to lay off the cell-phones but yes i get your point. Pre-determined time simultaneous blasting is surer that way.

The time would have been very carefully thought out for the target to be having the pager on his person and not with family (kids)?

[saip]

Now it is walkie-talkies that are exploding. Hezbolla members are no longer faceless entities.

[chetak]

this is the highest level of trolling.

[Rakesh]

Click on the link below....

VIDEO: https://x.com/VividProwess/status/1836341332152824059

[chetak]

Hezbollah rocked again: After Pagers, Walkie-Talkies and other devices explode in Lebanon, at least 9 dead and over 500 injured, solar battery blasts cause fires

Israeli Chief of Staff on Lebanon attacks: "We still have many capabilities, at every stage we will operate.

Every stage the price for Hezbollah should be high.

Terrorists will be afraid of going to toilet & even eating food."

what next ... poisonous pens, exploding sun glasses, napalmed cereal boxes, milk cartons, bobby trapped tomatoes, fire bombing falafels




https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-a ... -1.7326750

A Hezbollah official told the AP that walkie-talkies used by the group exploded. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

[sanjayc]

How many walkie-talkies blew up are not known, but the count is estimated at several hundred. There are reports that landline telephones exploded too at various locations in East Lebanon.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/walkie- ... ts-6595278

[chetak]

Hezbollah's New tech coming up

[Amber G.]

On Modi's birthday, a man with phone asks"

Netanyahu, did you know that they’re now comparing you to James Bond

?

Netanyahu: answers:
“Nonsense. It’s Netanyahu; Benjamin Netanyahu”

[bala]

Hezbollah's New tech coming up

Hilarious, a bigger kaboom to contend with.