Really incredible how many lives Israel saved today. Hezbollah reportedly planned to launch thousands of missiles to overwhelm the missile defense at 5 am. The inevitable result would have been a lot of deaths and a major escalation/reply which would have then led to a ton more innocent deaths in Lebanon. Instead, Israel preemptively located and destroyed 40+ missile launch sites just before they were set to deploy, thereby foiling Hezbollah’s entire plan. The group is putting out statements based on an alternate reality where they had a major show of force, but that’s because they don’t have a choice to avoid publicly admitting to their continued failure. Of course the real problem is that if Hezbollah does not take the off-ramp, that escalation could still come in the future. But for today, this was a major win for the good guys and saved a ton of lives.
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