Israel is bombing absolutely everything not just civilian homes.

[u/Admirable-Tell3079]

just now a few members of the civil defense (ldife3 lmadane) got bombed while they were helping to clear up the rubble of a destroyed building. I’m still not sure how many people were there or got injured but what I do know is that the hezb are fighting human animals with absolutely no ounce of mercy or thinking in their minds, and whoever defends these acts in this subreddit is definitely not a Lebanese.

[u/L_o_n_g_b_o_i]

The need to maintain a veil of civility and the illusion of holding 'western values' in order to get US weapons and survive in the region? Because not acting like cunts isn't an option...

[u/governingsalmon → u/L_o_n_g_b_o_i]

The US directly provides somewhere around 60% of the funding behind Israel’s military.

Not to mention the other immeasurable benefits Israel receives through US support: the veto of UN resolutions, intelligence sharing, deterrence provided by the US having defensive and offensive military capabilities in nearly corner of the world (including 40,000 troops in the area right now along with aircraft carriers and naval vessels the US could use to obliterate Iran), gaining access to our own network of allies in the Middle East (which is actually how the US shot down 99% of Iranian missiles headed for Israel), sharing the latest technology in communications and weapons like Israel’s fighters jets, etc.

Without US support Israel would be in dire trouble, which is why the Israeli’s run a massive propaganda and election influence operation in the US through AIPAC (a political lobby) which donates hundreds of millions of dollars to fund campaigns and elect politicians that are pro Israel. Fun fact I can provide as an American - we spend 10 billion dollars just on presidential elections alone (mostly corporations/billionaires donating to campaigns to gain power and influence).

[u/Dalbo14 → u/governingsalmon]

So you would say, if the Israelis didn’t need to rely on any support of other nations, and were the strongest in the region too simultaneously, they hypothetically in this case, will kill all the Palestinians and Lebanese and essentially whip out their entire populations?

[u/Dalbo14 → u/L_o_n_g_b_o_i]

Why would the next step make a difference if the current is already so bad?