The Israeli military says it has approved operational plans for an offensive against Hezbollah.

The Israeli military says its Northern Command has approved operational plans for war with Lebanon.

Israel is ready for an “all-out war” in Lebanon and has plans approved for an offensive targeting Hezbollah, officials have said.

Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in border fighting since shortly after the start of the war on Gaza, following the October 7 attacks on Israel. The confrontation is increasingly expanding, with both sides saying they are ready to go to war.

More than 400 people have been killed in Lebanon, including journalists and paramedics, over the past eight months, with 25 deaths in Israel. At least 90,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon, and more than 60,000 have been forced from their homes in northern Israel.

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    3•5 months ago

    “Bad” is not a form of government. You claim it isn’t a dictatorship. What form of government is it? Don’t change the subject.

    • @rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•5 months ago

      You’re changing the subject by trying to describe it with unsuitable words. Your actual thought is that it’s bad and should be changed, but you first tried calling it a dictatorship, then autocracy. People of Israel aren’t living in such conditions yet. Better just get back to “doing war is bad” stance.

        • @rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0•5 months ago

          As I said before, there is no line. You can’t assume some regime fell into the other side after a short time. These things develop for years. Or could you try to classify the US regime? Surely it’s not a democracy when people can only choose between 2.

          • Flying SquidMEnglish
            1•5 months ago

            At this point it’s clear that the reason you can’t tell me what form of government Israel has is because you know it’s a dictatorship and you can’t think of a way to admit that while also maintaining that it isn’t one.

            Also, the U.S. is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. Classified and done.

            • @rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
              0•5 months ago

              As you wish, I don’t care. The original comment claimed it to be a dictatorship, it’s up to them to provide evidence. They failed.

              • Flying SquidMEnglish
                1•5 months ago

                You not accepting the evidence does not mean it was not provided.

                You not being able to say what form of government Israel is if it is not a dictatorship is good enough evidence for me that you have no argument against the claim.

                Either it is a dictatorship or it has a different form of government. You can’t say what it is. Your challenge on defining the American government (again, constitutional republic) as if that wasn’t possible was quite amusing though.

                Forms of government is something my 14-year-old daughter learned in school last semester, so I would think you would be old enough to have been taught what they were. Apparently not.

                • @rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  0•5 months ago

                  Your thinking what you provided is an evidence doesn’t mean it was it. But by all means, go on.

                  • Flying SquidMEnglish
                    2•5 months ago

                    Go on with what? You cannot tell me the type of government Israel has. I answered your challenge about the U.S. government easily.

                    All you are telling me is you lack a middle schooler’s understanding of government.