Hostage users vs. Hostage killers, what a wonderful scenario the Middle East has gotten itself into this time.

I think it's finally time to restore the Mandate of Palestine:

Israelis get to live there but not their own special state
Palestinians get to live there but not their own special state
Everybody gets to hate the British, as is tradition
Brits finally get a colony back, it'll lift their mood after the brexit disaster

Unironically would be a better option if it was on the table.
That's how bad this has gotten, guys. I'm pro-British Empire vis-a-vis the Middle East.
- One-state solution time. Bring back the Roman Empire.
But what about muh prophecy?

Is Hezbollah holding hostages? Or just in a coalition government with the christian democracy party?

you're mixing up hamas and hezbollah, and if you want to go into rabbit hole shitshow that is lebanese politics start with Taif agreement
- I am referring to the meme which has the flag of hezbollah holding the flag of lebanon hostage.

Very little shitposting going on in this thread.

It was my mistake, I made the comic too credible. 😞

Pretty much. There are tons of zionists mascarading as Lebanese who claim that Israel is being precise and having minimal civilian casualties...

Hey it's my man pug jesus! Who's the flag with the Christmas tree star on it Pug Jesus? Must be super into Christmas and jesus!

I dunno that they're into it, but oh boy, are Christians into them!

What are you talking about? The beepers and radios were bought by Hezbollah, and went to Hezbollah members. They were surgical strikes.

Meanwhile, Lebanon is still firing rockets at Israel. The only reason that not more Israeli civilians are dead is because of the Iron Dome

What are you talking about? The beepers and radios were bought by Hezbollah, and went to Hezbollah members. They were surgical strikes.
This may be news to you, but Israel has been executing a flurry of airstrikes and artillery shelling on Lebanon since.
Surgical my ass. Blowing explosives you planted on people way out of sight AND without any situational awareness is anything but precise
- More surgical than some unguided rocket over a civilian area
- I mean it was certainly precise as in each device was carried by their respective owner and therefore intended target.
  Blowing it up while the guy was standing in line in a grocery store shows how much civilian casualties have been considered though.
They have since been bombing the shit out of residential areas which is significantly less surgical...
If they were surgical then why did innocent civilians and children get hurt? What kind of surgeons are you used to and what on earth is their level of success?
Meanwhile, Lebanon is still firing rockets at Israel. The only reason that not more Israeli civilians are dead is because of the Iron Dome
Why is Israel getting attacked by Hezbollah? (It's not Lebanon attacking Israel.)
- I'd say it was closer to a surgeon than to most recent Isreali actions, but you're right, "surgical" is always a propaganda term in military contexts. There is no clean war, only relatively less dirty.
Sure, that's definitely the only operation Israel has done recently. /s
- both in absolute terms and especially compared to continuing airstrikes, some with ai-cooked target list and including actual warcrime tactics, pagers were basically spotless in terms of targeting. the more likely illegal part was in booby-trapping pagers in the first place. westpoint lawyer take on the situation https://lieber.westpoint.edu/exploding-pagers-law/
- So booby trapping military equipment is bad because civilians might get caught in it, but firing rockets at civilians is a-ok?