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These are just the opening salvos in what, if Israel is smart, will be at the very least the complete destruction of Hezbollah’s leadership:

“Hezbollah’s secretary-general, family and bodyguards are safe and sound,” a Hezbollah statement said. Nasrallah’s residence and office were destroyed in the attack.

It gave no word on casualties in the latest of several raids on Hezbollah’s stronghold of Haret Hreik.

In a speech aired live shortly after the attack, Nasrallah said the group would strike deeper inside Israel, which it charged with launching the operation in Lebanon to avenge its failure in preventing the abduction and killing of its soldiers by Hezbollah earlier in the week.

Hezbollah would also strike “beyond Haifa and what is beyond, beyond Haifa,” Nasrallah said. He made reference to a new strike on an Israeli naval boat in Lebanese waters. The warship was lightly damaged in the strike, and there were no injuries, the IDF said.

“You wanted an open war and we are ready for an open war,” the Hezbollah leader said. “You have chosen an all-out war with a nation which… has the capability, the experience and the courage.”

But amazingly, if reports are to be believed, Israel is going out of it’s way to make Hezbollah leaders feel secure:

IDF relaying message to Hizbullah, not interested in assassinations.

Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General-Staff Lit-Gen. Dan Halutz said Friday that Israel is not interested in assassinating personalities but in sending a message to Hizbullah.

You’d think that, even if Israel had decided internally that assassinations were not on the table, they’d want to keep their enemies off balance. Sending them personal assurances is completely self-defeating and I can’t come up with an explanantion for this move that makes sense.

A reader comments:

The problem is that Hezbollah leaders sit in Lebanese parliament. I believe that after attacks at Hamas’s “politicians” Israel tries at this point to avoid attacking Hezbollah’s “politicians”. They try to weaken Hezbollah and finally to force Lebanon to disarm them by themselves.

That makes some sense but why telegraph it? I can think of more constructive ways of appealing to the moderates in Lebanon.

There’s a service I promoted quite heavily years ago (Micheal Totten even wrote about it) when it launched. It allows you to send pizza and burgers to the IDF. This seems like a good time to plug them again. Check it out.

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  1. Michelle Malkin Says:

    HEAT’S ON HEZBOLLAH

    ***update: check out video of Israel’s UN ambassador Dan Gillerman confronting Palestinian ambassador…Blogs of War looks closer…*** Fox News reporting: Israel targets Hezbollah headquarters. Nasrallah inside the building? Hope so. Update: Reports …

  2. medvegonok Says:

    The problem is that Hezbollah leaders sit in Lebanese parliament. I believe that after attacks at Hamas’s “politicians” Israel tries at this point to avoid attacking Hezbollah’s “politicians”. They try to weaken Hezbollah and finally to force Lebanon to disarm them by themselves.

  3. Mike Landfair Says:

    We agree on many things.
    We need to ask, “What would Tony Soprano do?”

    That only leaves one option. CRUSH the opposition in the most brutal manner possible. This is war! They have an option of seeing the blood of their nation slowly seep into the battlefield over a period of years or they can wipe out all thoughts in the enemy’s mind that they can compete on the battlefield.

  4. Media UnCut Says:

    Israel Continues the Fight with Lebanon

    Isreal destroyed the home and office of Hezbollah’s leader Friday. They also dropped bombs on roads as well as the Beirut international airport.

  5. trans Says:

    Israeli Jets Strike Hezbollah Targets in Southern Beirut

    this is quite something…

  6. Morning Coffee Says:

    Israel at War

    IDF bombs Hizbullah anti-aircraft missile base 
    The IDF continued its bombardment of southern Lebanon on Friday afternoon, bombing two bridges over the Hazharani river as well as a Hizbullah anti-aircraft missile base and a fuel depot in Talusia.
    Earl…

  7. Mike Landfair Says:

    See what Ralph Peters writes today in the NY POST:
    A U.S. government official put it to me this way: “Israel’s got the clock, but Hezbollah’s got the time.” The sands of the hourglass favor the terrorists – every day they hold out and drop more rockets on Israel, Hezbollah scores a propaganda win.

    All Hezbollah has to do to achieve victory is not to lose completely. But for Israel to emerge the acknowledged winner, it has to shatter Hezbollah. Yet Israeli miscalculations have left Hezbollah alive and kicking.

  8. trans Says:

    this is affecting everyone …

    Mideast War Has Affected Pilgrimages of Those of Many Faiths

  9. trans Says:

    Hezbollah Launches Deep Rocket Strike on Israel

    hopefully there will be peace one day

  10. trans Says:

    yah an look what they just did to Israel

    Hezbollah Launches Deep Rocket Strike on Israel

  11. trans Says:

    totally insane stuff

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  12. trans Says:

    Gas Prices Are Fueling Midterm Political Races

    I am not thrilled will this – cause there are bigger issues

  13. trans Says:

    this will influenec the elections

    Gas Prices Are Fueling Midterm Political Races

  14. trans Says:

    12 Passengers Arrested After Flight to India Returns to Amsterdam

    man oh man the air ain’t so safe anymore

  15. trans Says:

    Iran Defies U.N. Deadline to End Uranium Enrichment Program

    QUITE UNREAL IF YOU ASDK ME

  16. trans Says:

    this is insane

    Bush Battles to Get ‘Tools Needed’ to Interrogate, Try Suspected Terrorists

  17. trans Says:

    Renewed Activity Seen at Suspected North Korea Test Sites, U.S. Intelligence Says

    WHOA FOLKS THIS LOKKS LIKE WAR

  18. trans Says:

    see this is quite something

    Bush to Meet With Gen. Abizaid on Iraq Tactics

  19. trans Says:

    not so wonderful

    Kerry Apologizes to Troops, Families for ‘My Poorly Stated Joke’

  20. trans Says:

    what should be done

    Four American Contractors Reportedly Kidnapped in Iraqi Convoy Attack

  21. wdcfw Says:

    so this is not too great

    Whoa – British Airways to Contact Passengers After Traces of Radiation Found on Planes

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