Transcript [00:00] Hi everyone. Uh hope you had a nice uh [00:02] Shabbat or weekend, whatever it is [00:04] you're uh you're involved with. So the [00:08] subject of this video is Lebanon. We're [00:09] going to talk about what's going on with [00:11] them, what's going on with there. Things [00:13] are very much heating up. Uh while all [00:15] eyes are still, of course, on what's [00:17] going on in Iran, this is becoming a [00:20] major battle front. We're going to get [00:22] into all the details of that. Before we [00:24] do that, I just want to remind you once [00:26] again, please go to [00:27] israel365charity.com. [00:30] There are still rockets being fired at [00:32] Israel. There are still uh families [00:34] having to run to bomb shelters. There [00:36] are still young mothers with their kids [00:37] at home and they can't go to work and [00:39] the kids can't go to school. And all [00:40] this is still going on. And there are [00:42] many, many needs. 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The IDF on [01:29] Saturday, that's today, expanded its [01:30] ground operations against in southern [01:33] Lebanon as well as launching artillery [01:36] fire into the area. According to [01:38] military officials, the move comes after [01:40] IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General [01:43] Ayal Zamir ordered forces to intensify a [01:46] targeted campaign against members of [01:50] Radwan Force following increased [01:53] militant movement toward the border over [01:56] the past week. Okay. The Radwan force. [01:58] The red one force is the special forces [02:00] of a unit that is designed that was [02:03] built in order to carry out [02:06] infiltrations [02:08] into the state of Israel and into [02:10] civilian areas. But it's a special [02:12] forces unit. Again, the main purpose of [02:14] it is to terrorize uh Israelis, [02:17] terrorize Israeli civilian areas. And [02:20] yeah, that's who the red one or Radwan, [02:22] it's spelled a couple different ways, [02:23] forces. You can look them up and you'll [02:25] find out a lot more about them. Military [02:28] officials said the artillery barrage was [02:30] intended to support expanded ground [02:33] activity against units operating in [02:35] southern Lebanon. So this is big [02:37] expanded ground activity by the IDF into [02:41] southern Lebanon. Additional Israeli [02:43] ground forces have been deployed in the [02:45] area as part of the effort. And I'll [02:47] tell you as someone living in Israel, [02:48] there's been a lot of forces moving [02:51] north. been a lot of reserveists who are [02:53] being called up to go north. Israel is [02:56] planning a serious campaign in Lebanon [02:58] and and according to this article, it's [03:00] already begun. Zamir instructed forces [03:02] to strengthen the hunt and neutralize [03:04] strategy targeting Radwan force [03:06] operatives [03:08] elite unit. According to the military, [03:10] hundreds of fighters were recently [03:11] observed moving towards southern [03:13] Lebanon. [03:14] Okay. And then it says that uh [03:18] roughly 400bollah operatives have been [03:20] killed by Israelis in recent months [03:22] including 100 members of Radwan. [03:25] Um [03:28] yeah over the past 24 hours tanks tank [03:31] transporters and Namra armored personnel [03:33] carriers have been seen moving towards [03:34] the Lebanese border as part of [03:36] preparations for potential largecale [03:39] ground maneuver. Potential large-scale [03:41] ground maneuver. That's what I was just [03:42] mentioning. In recent weeks, Israel's [03:45] military intelligence director has [03:47] concentrated efforts on tracking and [03:49] targeting Radwan force fighters [03:52] operating in southern Lebanon. [03:54] Okay. Security officials said the [03:56] intensified campaign was ordered by the [03:58] chief of staff to weaken the elite unit. [04:02] Uh the strategic focus remains on Iran [04:05] obviously [04:06] and [04:09] com company and battalion combat teams [04:11] composed of infantry armor and [04:13] engineering forces supported by [04:15] artillery surveillance units and air [04:17] power have been conducting targeted [04:19] incursions into areas of southern [04:21] Lebanon aimed at pushing back activity. [04:23] Now the engineering forces uh what the [04:27] combat engineers do for the most part in [04:30] in these [04:32] both in Gaza and in South Lebanon is [04:34] destroy infrastructure. Okay. And [04:36] there's a lot of lot of infrastructure [04:39] in South Lebanon including a tunnel [04:41] network. Not it doesn't appear to be as [04:44] extensive as what there was in Gaza but [04:45] there is a tunnel network there. Right. [04:47] back in this is a story from 2019 [04:52] uh which about tunnels could for years [04:55] enter Israel groups leader says after [04:57] tunnels found this is from 2019 this is [05:00] before the current war Iran backisbah [05:03] has for years been able to enter Israel [05:04] the Lebanese group's leader said on [05:06] Saturday this is back in 2019 [05:10] uh responding for the first time to [05:12] Israel's discovery of tunnels dug into [05:14] the Israeli territory from Lebanon okay [05:16] Israel [05:17] unveiled what it called attack tunnels. [05:21] Okay. And this is so there there is a [05:23] tunnel network up there in Leb in in [05:26] Lebanon as well. [05:28] Um and there and Israel is is working to [05:31] destroy that as part of this invasion as [05:34] part of this ground operation. The IDFBA [05:37] systematically positions its military [05:38] infrastructure within civilian [05:40] population centers throughout Lebanon. [05:43] As a result, Israeli forces have issued [05:45] evacuation instructions to residents in [05:48] several areas to reduce the risk to [05:50] civilians during military operations. [05:52] So, this is a very important point about [05:54] the evacuation notices. [05:57] Um, because one of the news items that's [06:01] out there right now about what's going [06:02] on in Lebanon is this massive number of [06:04] displaced persons as as as some major as [06:09] some major humanitarian disaster. UN [06:12] Chief Gutirez [06:14] uh landed in Beirut on Friday for a [06:18] wartime visit of solidarity. Right. UN [06:21] Chief Antonio Gutirez has arrived in [06:23] Beirut for a solidarity visit to [06:25] Lebanon. Uh where more than 687 people [06:29] are reported to have been killed since [06:31] pulled the country into Israel's [06:32] conflict with Iran on March 2nd. [06:35] Guterres is expected to raise awareness [06:37] of the growing humanitarian needs in the [06:39] country with more than 800,000 people [06:41] displaced. [06:42] Okay? [06:44] And uh he talks about how the UN is [06:46] going to spare no effort to bring about [06:48] some sort of peaceful resolution. But [06:50] understand the reason that there's so [06:52] many displaced people is because like [06:57] kamas, this is just what they do. They [06:59] operate out of civilian areas. They [07:01] specifically put their [07:04] their their all their headquarters and [07:07] their equipment and their and their [07:10] their their whole apparatus they build [07:12] it in intertwined with the civilian [07:15] population and therefore Israel wants to [07:19] minimize civilian casualties. though it [07:21] is issuing notices to people in certain [07:24] neighborhoods and certain buildings of [07:26] what's going to be struck and that's [07:27] causing mass evacuations from South [07:30] Lebanon. That's that's why that happens. [07:33] Okay. [07:35] Um Lebanese President Joseph Hun calls [07:37] for new ceasefire with Israel. Vows to [07:40] disarmah. Oh, please. Thank you so much [07:42] for vowing to disarmah. Lebanese [07:45] President Joseph Aoon called for the [07:46] implementation of a new ceasefire [07:48] agreement with Israel, demanding a [07:50] complete halt to all Israeli action [07:52] against during a virtual meeting with [07:54] the president of the European Council [07:57] Antonio Kusta and the president of the [07:59] European Commission Ursula Vanderelion [08:00] on Monday. Wow, that's so that's great. [08:02] That's a this is a few days ago. He [08:04] called for a new ceasefire with Israel [08:06] and he vowed to disarmah. It called for [08:08] an immediate cessation. [08:11] Look what he says here. He stated that [08:13] after receiving support, the Lebanese [08:16] military will disarm and confiscate all [08:18] the weapons. Now, what's what's going on [08:20] here? The Lebanese government committed [08:23] itself over a year ago to disarmah by [08:27] the end of 2025, and they did not. And [08:30] they did not. And that's why the [08:33] Israelis uh lost patience and basically [08:36] said, "Okay, we're going to take care of [08:38] it." But they didn't just go in. On [08:41] March 2nd or March 3rd, whatever it was, [08:44] right, I think the second or third day [08:45] of the war, third day of the war, [08:48] started firing rockets at at Israel. [08:50] They opened up a war front against [08:52] Israel. He decried. So Aun criticized [08:54] them. Also, he decrieded attack on [08:56] Israel as an attempt to lure the IDF [08:59] into conflict with Lebanon. [09:02] Okay. lamented the impact of Israel's [09:04] retaliation against [09:06] he said strikes were a trap and an overt [09:09] almost overt ambush for Lebanon and the [09:11] Lebanese state and the Lebanese people. [09:14] Right? He additionally expressed [09:16] solidarity and support for Middle [09:17] Eastern nations that have been that have [09:19] been attacked by Iran. [09:22] But look uh you know he didn't he didn't [09:25] disarmah [09:27] and started launching rockets at Israel. [09:30] So Israel's retaliating but also giving [09:33] warnings to people to evacuate because [09:36] Lebanon has no ability to disarm. That's [09:39] the issue. Has I've said this before. [09:42] Lebanon has been occupied Iranian [09:44] territory for decades. Is an Iran is an [09:47] arm of Iran. They're not a proxy of [09:50] Iran. Hamas Houthis, those are proxies. [09:53] They get money and weapons from Iran, [09:55] but they're not wholly owned and [09:57] operated by Iran. [10:00] is owned and operated by Iran. They are [10:02] an extension of the Iranian government. [10:04] It's another front in the war against [10:05] Iran, fighting against. That's how we [10:07] need to understand it. Okay. Um [10:10] Lebanon's bid for historic negotiations [10:12] with Israel rebuffed as US says [10:15] opportunity has passed. Okay. So this is [10:17] right after that uh that that lovely [10:20] attempt by Joseph Aoon to get [10:23] negotiations with Israel. The Israelis [10:25] basically said no thanks. Beirut said [10:27] President Joseph Aun initiated direct [10:29] ceasefire talks with Israel and even [10:31] wade normalization. We'll get to that in [10:33] a moment. But his office says Israel [10:35] never responded as sources say the US [10:38] and Israel distrust Lebanon's government [10:40] for failing to confront Kisbah. Reuters [10:43] reported Friday that sources in Lebanon [10:45] and elsewhere say Israel has effectively [10:47] rejected a historic proposal from the [10:50] government in Beirut to open direct [10:52] negotiations between the two countries. [10:54] Lebanese officials had not ruled out the [10:56] possibility that such talks could [10:58] eventually lead to normalization of [10:59] relations. According to the sources, US [11:02] officials frustrated that the Lebanese [11:04] government failed to meet its commitment [11:06] to disarmah [11:09] also did not adopt the proposal that the [11:12] US didn't adopt it. [11:15] Instead, they conveyed the message that [11:17] Lebanon's window of opportunity [11:20] closed at the end of 2025. [11:23] Right? where by which time or the year [11:25] that Beirut had pledged to complete the [11:27] group's disarmament or at least make [11:29] substantial progress towards it. They [11:31] did not. So you see what's going on [11:33] here. Um they pledged to disarmah. [11:38] They did not. [11:41] Then attacks Israel in this war. Israel [11:44] says, "Okay, we've had enough. You never [11:46] disarm them. We're going we're going to [11:47] start we're going to take care of this [11:48] ourselves." So Israel starts bombing in [11:52] retaliation forbah launching salvos of [11:55] rockets at Israel to support the the [11:57] Iranian regime who they work for. [11:59] Israel's retaliating againstah and [12:02] telling people to evacuate. And now [12:04] Joseph Owen is like, "No, no, no, no. [12:06] Let's have a ceasefire. You put the [12:07] different stories I just read to you [12:08] together." He's like, "Let's have a [12:09] ceasefire and this time we'll actually [12:12] disarm them, okay? And we'll even [12:15] normalize with Israel." as though Israel [12:17] cares at this point. Like what does [12:20] Israel have to gain by normalization [12:21] with Lebanon? Yeah, it would be nice if [12:23] we had a peaceful partner. We had a [12:24] peaceful neighbor up there, but we will [12:26] if we get rid of and we won't if we [12:28] don't get rid of as though Lebanon is [12:31] like, "Yeah, we'll decide whether or not [12:33] we're willing to recognize Israel's [12:34] right to exist and normalize relations." [12:37] Look, guys, the Middle East is moving [12:40] on. [12:41] Israel is now fighting almost alongside [12:45] UAE and Saudi Arabia. I mean like there [12:48] there's this whole, you know, Israel is [12:51] still the bad guy thing is just not [12:53] going to work anymore. Okay. And Lebanon [12:56] is still stuck in that mindset and you [12:59] know they want the bombing to stop. They [13:01] but they don't really have sovereignty. [13:03] And that's why Israel is saying we're [13:04] not interested. Israel rebuffed this. [13:07] We're not interested in these [13:08] conversations anymore. We are interested [13:10] in getting rid of to say now after so [13:13] many failed attempts that you're going [13:14] to finally disarm them. We're just not [13:16] so interested. One of the things you're [13:18] going to hear about is [13:21] is um [13:23] is resolution 1701. Okay. So, back in [13:27] 2006, there's some important background [13:29] information here. Back in 2006, [13:32] there was a [13:35] back in 2006, there was a resolution at [13:38] the to end this the second Lebanon war [13:41] called re resolution 1701. [13:44] And that was [13:46] uh intended [13:48] to [13:50] make South Lebanon devoid of all troops, [13:54] okay? South of the Latani River. Okay, [13:56] so here's the border between Israel and [13:57] Lebanon. [13:59] And here's the Latitani River. If you [14:01] follow this story, you hear about that a [14:02] lot. There's about uh it's about 30 [14:05] kilometers about 18 miles 18 19 miles [14:08] between the border of Israel and the [14:10] Leani River here. It's obviously much [14:12] closer over here. And according to res [14:15] UN UN uh security council resolution [14:18] 1701, this entire area is supposed to be [14:22] free of all military presence other than [14:27] the United Nations and the Lebanese [14:29] army, meaning noisbah allowed. Well, [14:32] actually, here's what it says. [14:34] security arrangements to prevent the [14:36] resumption of hostilities, including the [14:38] establishment between the Blue Line and [14:40] the Latani River of an area, meaning the [14:42] Israeli border on the Latani River of an [14:45] area free of any armed personnel, [14:48] assets, and weapons other than those of [14:50] the government of Lebanon and UNIFIL. It [14:52] also called for full implementation of [14:54] the relevant proh provisions of the Tif [14:56] Accords. That's an earlier accord that [14:58] requires from 2004 that requires the [15:01] disarmament of all armed groups in [15:04] Lebanon. So that pursuant to the [15:06] Lebanese cabinet decision of July 20, [15:08] 2006, there will be no weapons or [15:10] authority in Lebanon other than that of [15:12] the Lebanese state. That's security [15:14] council resolution 1701. This has never [15:17] ever been implemented. almost [15:20] immediately after it was signed, [15:23] the UN said, "Well, it's not our job to [15:27] disarm them. The Lebanese government has [15:29] to do it." And of course, the Lebanese [15:30] government's not going to do it. And no [15:31] one ended up disarming. [15:34] So, started, you know, building building [15:37] themselves up here with missiles and [15:39] building those tunnels that I told you [15:40] about. And this has been going on for [15:42] years and years and years. And that's [15:45] what Israel is finally trying to solve [15:47] with this offensive. That's why they're [15:48] going with with such an extensive ground [15:50] force now. Meaning the last round of [15:53] this game was 2025 when the Lebanese [15:57] government under this new more moderate [15:59] leadership of Joseph Aun said we are [16:02] finally going to disarmah and they did [16:04] not. So now you have uh France stepping [16:08] into things. Um France, US, France work [16:11] on direct ceasefire talks between Israel [16:13] and Lebanon. The United States and [16:14] France are seeking to arrange direct [16:16] talks soon between representatives of [16:18] Israel and the Lebanese government in an [16:20] effort to reach a ceasefire. The [16:22] initiative aims to halt the escalation [16:24] and prevent a possible Israeli ground [16:26] operation in southern Lebanon. This is a [16:28] couple days old and that is not going to [16:30] work. Okay. And meanwhile, the French [16:33] have stepped in. French ceasefire plan [16:35] for Lebanon said to require Lebanese [16:38] recognition of Israel. And this is from [16:40] today. Okay. This is brand new. France [16:42] has drawn up a proposal to end the [16:44] fighting in Lebanon between Israel and [16:47] that would require Lebanon's government [16:48] to recognize Israel. Axios reports [16:51] citing sources similar familiar with the [16:53] matter. The news site says Lebanon's [16:56] government has accepted the proposal as [16:57] a basis for talks while the US and [17:00] Israel are both reviewing it. According [17:01] to the report, the French plan calls for [17:03] Jerusalem and Beirut to hold direct [17:05] talks [17:07] on a political declaration that the [17:09] sides would agree upon within a month. [17:12] The sources quoted by Axio say France [17:14] wants the negotiations to be held in [17:16] Paris. Okay. Senior diplomats, they want [17:20] the photo ops. Outlining the plan, the [17:23] report says that along with recognizing [17:25] Israel, Lebanon would vow to respect its [17:28] sovereignty and territorial integrity. [17:30] While both countries would also stress [17:32] their commitment to the UN Security [17:34] Council resolution ending the 2006 [17:36] Lebanon war, the ceasefire deal, that's [17:40] 1701 that I just told you about. And the [17:42] ceasefire deal reached in November 2024 [17:45] after more than a year of fighting [17:46] between Israel. And it was after that [17:48] ceasefire deal that the Lebanese [17:49] government, part of that deal was that [17:51] the Lebanese government was going to [17:52] disarm. [17:54] Lebanon's government would also [17:55] repeatedly reportedly be committed under [17:57] the plan to preventing any attacks on [17:59] Israel from Lebanese territory and to [18:02] disarming and banning the terror group's [18:04] military activity. Meanwhile, Israeli [18:07] forces would withdraw from areas [18:08] captured during the current war within a [18:10] month while the Lebanese army redeploys [18:12] in in southern Lebanon with UNIFIL and a [18:16] group of countries selected by the UN [18:17] Security Council tasked with verifying [18:20] Fisbah is disarmed. The report says that [18:23] Lebanon will be required to declare its [18:25] willingness to hold talks with Israel on [18:27] a permanent non-aggression pact with an [18:29] agreement ending the formal state of war [18:31] between the countries since the Jewish [18:33] state's founding in 1948 to be signed in [18:35] two months [18:38] and then Israel would pull out. Okay, [18:41] look, the problem is this. The Lebanese [18:45] do not have the ability ability to [18:49] disarm. They don't. They don't have that [18:53] ability. Israel does. [18:56] They've been saying for years and years [18:58] and years. This goes back to 2006 to [19:01] 1701 where the Lebanese government is [19:03] supposed to disarm. They don't. It goes [19:06] on for more and more years. It goes on [19:07] throughout this war. It goes on in 2025. [19:10] No disarming ofah andbah attacking [19:13] Israel, firing missiles at Israeli [19:15] towns. early in the early part of this [19:17] war after October 7th, you might [19:19] remember there were hundreds of [19:20] thousands of Israelis from northern [19:21] towns who had to evacuate because [19:23] started firing rockets at Israel. [19:26] Okay, this is the same thing as what's [19:28] going on in Gaza for the last while [19:30] where the Trump plan for Gaza calls for [19:33] Hamas to be disarmed, but it doesn't say [19:35] who's going to do it and no one wants to [19:36] do it and no one's really capable of [19:38] doing it other than the Israelis, but no [19:40] one wants the Israelis to go in and do [19:41] it. We have the same thing going on up [19:43] up north in in Lebanon. And as I [19:47] mentioned, you got uh you got Guteras [19:49] running around now. And Guteras, of [19:51] course, is an old friend of Yaser [19:52] Arafats here. You know, he he's he hung [19:55] out with him a lot. And he even visited [19:57] he visited the he visited Ramala in 2017 [20:01] and laid a wreath at the at this uh at [20:05] this monument honoring this memorial on [20:07] uh site honoring Yaser Arafat. So, he's [20:10] no friend of Israel. But anyway, bottom [20:13] line is this. Let's just sum this up and [20:14] and bring this video to a close. And [20:16] that is that Lebanon is heating up big [20:19] time. The Israelis are not playing games [20:21] anymore. Uh and uh and are not going to [20:23] accept anything less than the [20:25] destruction ofah. And this is not a [20:28] separate war from what's going on in [20:30] Iran. That's a very important point. [20:33] Very important point. And I keep [20:34] emphasizing this. Is Iranizah [20:38] is Iran. They're not a separate They're [20:41] not a Lebanese militia, okay? They're an [20:43] Iranian. They're an arm of the of the [20:46] IRGC. They are an arm of the regime in [20:48] Thran. And while Israel is at war with [20:53] Iran in Iran, it's also at war with Iran [20:55] in Lebanon. And I'll also add in that [20:59] with the Middle East changing and the [21:01] different factions that are, you know, [21:03] that are developing in in the Middle [21:06] East with the God willing the Iranian [21:09] regime falls. But when this war is over, [21:10] there's all kinds of new coalitions that [21:12] are being formed and the Lebanese [21:15] uh which is Lebanon, which is such a [21:18] mess. They need to decide whose side [21:19] they're on. And if they choose wisely, [21:22] they will allow Israel to go in and [21:25] destroyah and get rid of them and no [21:27] longer pose a threat to Israel. And then [21:29] they can have lots of economic benefits [21:31] of that relationship. They could live [21:33] peacefully. They can go back to being [21:34] the kind of multicultural society that [21:37] they once were. Although honestly, the [21:39] modern state of Lebanon has has pretty [21:41] much always been a state of been in a [21:43] state of civil war. So, it's a bit of a [21:44] mess. It's it's it's quite the failed [21:46] state. Uh but we'll uh you know, we'll [21:49] see where it goes. But just again, the [21:51] big headline is that Israel is is not [21:54] about to slow down and not about to go [21:56] to some sort of peaceful negotiation. [21:57] Israel is moving troops in to Lebanon to [22:00] finally get rid of completely. All [22:03] right, God bless. Thanks for watching [22:05] and please like and share and do all [22:07] that great stuff. Thanks for growing the [22:08] channel. Much appreciated. God bless.
