The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) abandoned their military facility at Avivim in Upper Galilee, which had been targeted by Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile strike. According to a released video, IDF troops left behind at least 2 pieces of military equipment and multiple personal possessions, including ammunition.
The escalation at the Lebanese-Israeli contact line happened on September 1 after IDF shelled unidentified targets at Shebaa Farms. After the incident, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a de-facto victory saying that Israel “acted with a combination of decisiveness and sagacity” and its forces achieved all of their “goals”. However, at the first look, the abandoned facility does not seem to be a sign of the victory. Probably, this was a tactical retreat.
On September 3, FoxNews and ImageSat Intl. came with a new report on Iranian presence in Syria. According to the report citing “multiple Western intelligence sources” and showing satellite imagery, Iran has established a new military base near al-Bukamal and “has plans to house thousands of troops at the location”. The report came with a common speculation that the supposed base could be use to house Iranian precision-guided missiles.
The situation at the Syrian-Iraqi border has been for a long time a part of the fearmongering campaign by mainstream media that started after the US-led coalition appeared to be unable to separate Syria and Iraq by capturing the border area employing its proxies. The main point of this campaign is that Iran will use the established ground link to supply its allies in Syria and Lebanon with weapons and equipment.
In Syria, forces of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (that are the core of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces) shelled positions of Turkish-backed armed groups near Azaz and Mari. Pro-Turkish forces responded with a series of limited artillery strikes.
The situation at the contact line between the Syrian Army and militants in southern Idlib remains calm.
Fake news! The IDF’s tactical exercise in media deception
What happened last week in Avivim? I have a theory or two, but the military censor always makes
it hard to distinguish actual from alternative facts
By Biranit Goren —– September 4, 2019,
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/fake-news-the-idfs-tactical-exercise-in-media-deception/
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About Biranit Goren
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/if-i-forget-thee-jerusalem/
The so-called “idf” being cowardice child killers is no fake; it’s a fact.
“Israeli Army Abandoned Military Facility After Hezbollah ATGM Strike”.
This is a typical NatanYahoo tactic. He did the same in Gaza. Nutty the Strong stirs up a war to rally the Sheeple round the Flag, gets re-elected (Israel’s Longest Serving Prime Minister) then retreats without achieving aim when the Resistance gets tough. His predecessor Sharon the Lion did the same in Lebanon.
Typical political Strongman, by no means confined to Israel. I remember, while still a naive young idealist, listening to the stirring speech of of Jack “Go Anywhere, Pay Any Price” Kennedy and wanting to rush off to Vietnam.
Doesn’t always work. Lebanon was pounded by Labour PM Perez using up bombs like there was no tomorrow, but his rival got in — Nutty the Strong. Karma is a Lady.
“Nutty the Strong. Karma is a Lady.”
praised be this sentence
I cant figure out how the israeli people after such a loong terror mongering deception still cast their votes for this bloody clown.
Btw the jewish state is the only one in the world that has a comprehensive double deception policy.
They fool the sheeple at home and manage to fool up the American sheeple at their own home.
Which by a media fall out phenomenon covers with cheating and flat out lies half of the world.
Never so few $windled and duped $o many for so long.
About “fool up the American sheeple”, a revealing article in the NYT:
“The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran”
Ronen Bergman & Mark Mazzetti – 4/9/9 – https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/magazine/iran-strike-israel-america.html
If not subscribed, see here: https://iran-interlink.org/wordpress/the-secret-history-of-the-push-to-strike-iran/
L. Panetta, stating the obvious: “[…] it looks like the US is going to do whatever Israel’s bidding is, on any issue…”
Panetta should know that that has been the case since the last US President to stand up to the ‘Gods Upon the Earth’-JFK. Didn’t do him a power of good.
Al Bukamal is way, way to the East of Syria so it is a long, long way to Tipperary so to speak…least we be glib about just what this means militarily.
Al Bukamal: The hub of Iran’s ‘Land Bridge’
“According to security experts, this is the first time the Iranian military is building a
base of this scale from scratch in Syria,” the report read.
By Seth J. Frantzman —– September 4, 2019
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Al-Bukamal-The-hub-of-Irans-land-bridge-600587
Netanyahu is now in London. It’s was a surprise trip, organised at the last minute, and which included several top military commanders. The meeting with Johnson took less than 30 minutes..it seems the real reason for the London trip was meeting with the military commanders:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/johnson-pushes-netanyahu-on-two-state-solution-in-lightning-meeting/
“Netanyahu came to London to meet with Johnson and American Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Netanyahu brought along with him Air Force Commander Amikam Norkin and IDF Operations Directorate Commander Aharon Haliva.
US Vice president Mike Pence is also in town and met with Johnson right after Netanyahu. It was unclear whether Netanyahu, who is close with Pence, would end up meeting with him.”
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-discusses-two-state-solution-with-Boris-Johnson-600732
Is he there to beg for military help?
More likely blackmailing rather than begging.
Here is the “released” video. It is an RT Russian language woman reporter video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2QYHgh_U8E
I saw this on a Russian forum.
Somehow, it is not big news. The pressure world wide to sequester this video report is amazing.
I had sent the link to Saker yesterday, but the hurricane interfered with getting it out on the Vineyard.
I find it concerning that South Front described it as a “released” video. It was News, the old fashioned stringer reporting by a courageous woman and her videographer. RT people, especially Ruptly video crews get shot and many have died getting the truth out to the world.
Well before SouthFront, RT brought us most of what we saw in the Maidan, Odessa, Crimea and Donbass 2014-2015. They deserve proper professional labelling. Not “released” videos.
As for the Iranians setting up a base at the Iraq-Syria border at al Bukamal, the US holds a huge sector at al Tanf, with thousands of terrorists as proxies they can use to attack any Iranian forces. In fact, for most of the last year this is what has been going on in the zone between al Tanf and al Bukamal. The US also has many thousands of other proxies in the Deir ez Zor zone and has established a series of US bases where heavy equipment is brought from Iraq into Syria to arm the terrorists. Thus, the Iranians are pincered from the north and west by US special forces, proxy armies and coalition air cover. Israel will pummel al Bukamal.
Wow, looks like they left in a hurry…at the entrance there is an entire set of keys on the desk LOL! All that military equipment just abandoned like that… strange.
Years of training in military matters through killing children in Gaza by remote control, and terrorising old men and women and children at check-points has left the Zionazis a little short on ‘military valour’ and competence.
Larch is right, words matter. The courageous report has not been “released”, rather buried. Great video, thanks.
It seems that much of RT’s best reporting is on Ruptly and the foreign channels these days. Many days, the RT English webpage appears to have been (IMO) dumbed down into a hodgepodge of Sports Illustrated and the National Enquirer. I suppose you can’t blame them for underestimating the intelligence of the average American, as Mencken pointed out many decades ago.
It’s a process of self selection. RT may be infinitely better than CNN but it’s still 100% Zionist-Globalist propaganda all of the time. Once you become sensitized to it you rarely go back.
It’s the same as al Jazeera, which has done some remarkable work, especially with regards to limited hangouts concerning Big Oil. There are other agendas at work, for instance forcing everyone off of oil and onto the electric grid, as per the human caused global warming scam.
RT English language finally published a story with still photos on the abandoned Israeli base.
They didn’t even post the video.
So 48 hours late, with no video which really “tells” the story.
And they buried it on their page instead of featuring it.
Here’s the link: https://www.rt.com/news/468179-israel-lebanon-abandoned-base/
Not 100%. Sanchez and his female sleuth-child, Michele Greenstein reporting from Hong Kong quickly outlined how the whole operation is a well-financed and organised Colour Revolution run from Thanatopolis DC, using local compradore scum like the fascist plutocrat Jimmy Lai, and how the effort is aided by Rightists around the world, including the Ukronazis. Meanwhile for the presstitute vermin of the Western ‘Free Press’ all these facts are forbidden, 100% verboten-if you want a continuing career as presstitute of course.
Can’t believe it! Here we have the Eastern Economic Forum taking place in Vladivostok with the leaders of Japan, Mongolia, Malaysia, India and others attending and RT gives top billing to Brexit and other Western focused stories. Come on RT it’s a big world out there. I’m sure there are newsworthy events happening daily in other countries besides those in the West. The difference between RT and mainstream Western media is becoming more and more blurred. Very disappointing.
Is that the website or the TV ? The TV shows and news are excellent! The problem is noone has time to watch TV….
The website is definitely sub par. I think they concentrated all their energy on TV, which was a mistake as nowadays it’s all internet, social media etc..
Both. They could be so much better.
From Southfront, US trying to restart insurgency in Southern Syria. Do the former subjects of the Caliphate remember what it was like?