What Would an Israel-Hezbollah War Look Like?

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[@droger1448]

Who else came back here to watch this after pagers and radios began to explode in Lebanon?

[@josephpasquarella2123]

This aged well…

[@angelofiron4366]

This is really bad.

[@MOME914]

@@angelofiron4366 Israel always strikes first. Its part of their military doctrine. What is he talking about?

[@phrosted1]

Truth

[@thebiggestwalkthrou]

@@MOME914 your source is that you made it the fuck up?

[@MOME914]

@@thebiggestwalkthrou you can look it up yourself. Don’t trust me. The Israeli military is proud of this fact.

[@AliceMirroredAly5M1rr0r3d]

If you're gonna make them without wearing a jacket, I'm gonna watch them without wearing pants. That is all.

[@Meatsweats_o_O]

2nd

[@Shoutinthewind]

Pics of it didn’t happen 😂

[@LoPhatKao]

what are these "pants" things? 😁

[@NewYorker8312]

Thanks for your incredibly relevant comments with respect to the video.

[@isaiahharris6497]

@@Shoutinthewindstop it. get some help.

[@BrodysBettas]

The background music is like you left your car door open 😅

[@billynomates9661]

No idea y ppl do that it’s distracting and difficult to follow the commentator at times. TURN THE SH!T OFF

[@Jell0zz]

​​@@billynomates9661I agree, even the 20:00 music supplied by the iron dome hype men is a bit much 😅

[@JMSouchak]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice that. 😅

[@billynomates9661]

@@BrodysBettas I won’t lie I couldn’t finish it too distracting

[@The210491]

made me stop watching this video and so many other by him....wasting money on distracting shit music but can´t put up time stamps or sub titles. really makes you realise he´s not as smart as the topics written for him might suggest, but merely a mediocre newsreader

[@LastofAvari]

Chapters: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">00:00</a> Intro <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="95">01:35</a> The Solemn Staredown <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="660">11:00</a> The Combatants, the Alliances <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1433">23:53</a> What Would a War Look Like? <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2205">36:45</a> How Likely is War?

[@LeanEnthusiast553]

this comment needs more likes

[@Robert_Douglass]

Pin this comment!

[@JJ-dt9lo]

Thanks

[@chrisbuchal6833]

Heroes of the internet are the posters like this

[@John-bravooo]

The war already started....

[@TsumyTsuny]

is it me or is the audio for this episode is absurdly low

[@Hession0Drasha]

His jacket amplified the sound

[@ArunSimar-rc8vu]

It is low.

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

It's barely drowning out my neighbours awful music.

[@Sparta1993]

It’s just you

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

@@Sparta1993 nah, it was an issue in the last video too

[@lukefiggins6851]

It seems like a significant omission to not talk about the fact this exact match has happened before.

[@hasanmatthew5204]

And who didn't meet their military objectives while only on ONE FRONT against the same for who wasn't NEARLY as well equipped or battle hardened as they are now?

[@badraccoon333]

I'm halfway through and was wondering if he would ever mention it. I know he shills for the west and isreal, but damn.

[@yitzhakspolter9551]

​@@hasanmatthew5204why are they "battle hardeded"? What battles have they been through?

[@asirnewazkhan4172]

@@yitzhakspolter9551 the Syrian Civil War. They took part in it. Possibly some mercenary shit in Iraq. Sporadic violence across the Israeli border. Not much

[@yoursolosquad6283]

@@asirnewazkhan4172not much? Are u dumb, being in one war is enough, the Syrian foreign war (not civil war when everyone and their uncle are in it) was insanely intense.

[@MarkEichelberger-cw6cb]

Simon in a T-shirt? 😮😮. It's fine... just unusual...I fear war is inevitable

[@monkmoto1887]

A true sign of the times

[@eddenoy321]

Wait til you see him in a "wife beater" tank top as it heats up.

[@benhunter6194]

And I fear certain types of weather are inevitable doesn't mean that myself and the forecasters are right

[@benhunter6194]

​@@eddenoy321dear God knows nobody needs to see that much untanned British skin. Think of Simon if nothing else. can you imagine the expense to him adjusting the lighting levels in the studio to accommodate that?

[@Jimmy_in_Mexico]

Such an unkept presentation

[@jskillet8912]

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

[@joel6513]

Out of the frying pan and into the raging napalm fire.. I swear this region has a curse on it and always will. Sad given its rich history.

[@yourbuddyunit]

Don't forget the white phosphorus. Out of the frying pan into the napalm and white phosphorus.

[@nishatkhan3615]

OUT OF FRYING PAN INTO THE HELL

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@joel6513Western interference has had a terrible impact on the region.

[@joythought]

​@@ebonaparte3853 the troubles of the region began as civilization began right there. Blaming the West only makes sense regarding a few important borders but the underlying conflicts were already there. The Kurds, anybody? Should I go on?

[@exportedafrican]

Very limited mention of UNIFIL. Just like their effectiveness. The second Lebanon war was ended because of their installation yet they have been completely ineffective

[@secallen]

Israel can never rely on the UN.

[@naels91]

@@secallen rely?? Is Israel even committing to any UN resolution? Does Israel even believe in the UN?

[@secallen]

@@naels91 Israel accepted the UN partition plan. The Arabs did not. THe Arabs have used the UN ever since to try to destroy Israel. It will not be long until the civilised countries of the world leave the UN.

[@matthewamann9328]

War is a rich man's terrorism. Terrorism is a poor man's war.

[@Meteyard97]

A cowards war

[@matthewamann9328]

@@Meteyard97 Most wars are lead by cowards, sending the youth to fight for their corporate interests. Good example General Douglas Haig from WW1.

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

@matthewamann9328 2 time medal of Honour recipient Dan Daley has a qoute you might want to check out called "War is a racket."

[@straitnickel]

@@matthewamann9328 that’s ridiculous.

[@Howl-Runner]

​@@straitnickelbot or just criminally stupid?

[@panini_pirate]

thank you for keeping us in the loop Simon! your team’s content is unparalleled

[@anthonymullen6300]

"unparalleled" I don't think so, where exactly do you think they're getting their information?

[@thecrippledone3325]

​@@anthonymullen6300 your mom

[@trojanhman8136]

Except his conclusions are wrong.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@thecrippledone3325OR your mom... She talks in her sleep.

[@anthonymullen6300]

@@thecrippledone3325 dumb response

[@GraniteStateofMind]

Love the content, but I have to agree with a lot of the comments here. The music choice was distracting and the audio mixing resulted in some really harsh sounds. Please look into fixing them for future videos!

[@aRealAndHumanManThing]

From my experience, this cpuld very well be reuploaded. If not, their long overhead on videos might cause a few weeks delay, but they generally react to feedback or find a compromise between the two standpoints

[@glike2]

The audio was high pitch sounds like an 80s phone call, get better audio please!

[@shadowsift]

High pitch sounds are not pleasant

[@yourbuddyunit]

I don't agree fully. Buuuut I do agree the music needs reconsideration. Even some old school medal of honor or big red one war tracks. Or hell even some classical, or something.

[@yourbuddyunit]

Or battlefield

[@TheLPcollector]

as I read elsewhere, a monopoly on violence is one of the key features that define a Nation's government, and in Lebanon the Monopoly on violence is not in the hands of the Lebanese government, at best, its a duopoly. at worst, its Hezbollah that has the monopoly.

[@itayb8169]

As an Israeli, this was very sobering. Im keep up to date on all these things yet you managed to offer important points of interest i overlooked or didnt consider. Simon, dont know if youll see this, but if anyones interested, this is by far one of your best pieces of the conflict here. Really good work.

[@MahmoudWaz]

As a Palestinian we want peace. No more war with cousins. I have learned that Israelis view us as subhuman. Shame on Israelis for their arrogance .

[@ds698]

We don’t need to speculate it’s happening before our eyes.

[@joel6513]

@@arthas640 He means, the Israel-Hezbollah war has already started, just no ones is saying it yet..

[@arthas640]

@@joel6513 that makes sense. I see so many people that can't tell the difference between Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis

[@rd-cv4vm]

@@joel6513dude it never stopped since decades. You guys really have no clue other than youtube,don’t you….you must think all this started on the “7th of october” 😂

[@Shabicooks]

@@joel6513that’s not war yet, wait just for a few more weeks and you’ll see “pray for Beirut” and “free Lebanon”, then it’s war.

[@John-bravooo]

​@rd-cv4vm oh did russia's invasion of europe happen in a vacuum? Hilarious how people justify first degree murder and genocide like oct 7th. Arabs have 1400 years of killing jews.

[@SlvrWlf88]

Simon- phew,that was a long one..time to take a break His other channels--NOPE

[@celosiapigeon]

We need these episodes too. If only Simon and the channel could cover more news for us

[@mattbehling7416]

Paramilitary group with tanks is wild to think about

[@Marco-Olabi]

As someone from the Middle East, I can confidently say that no media outlet provides a better analysis of the region's situation than this channel. Thank you, Simon, for the outstanding job!

[@venturetales7131]

The audio issues are incredible

[@togiielectricboogaloo6875]

i didnt have any issues, personally

[@beowulf2772]

yeah, I thought my earbuds were glitching out

[@beowulf2772]

the bass is gone

[@yourbuddyunit]

Man yall find anything these days

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

Music is a little loud but Simon comes through clear for me. Maybe it is an issue of you are using headphones but standard speaker appears to be reasonable.

[@leo195]

Horrible conclusion, the americans couldnt handle afghanistan even after bombing it for 20 years how is the isral supposed to achieve any form of victory on foreign territory

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

Israel is not from the US. They will give more than they get and they don't care about 'freeing' the country and rebuilding it. If the US was willing to be mean in Afghanistan they would have wiped out the Taliban (yes, yes the US wasn't always an angel in Afghanistan but they genuinely tried to limit collateral damage and build up the population to defend themselves). You can bet if some town is known to have insurgents... Israel won't let it be a town for long - they won't simply target the insurgents when they're travelling or take out the specific building with the leader.

[@drewberrymore2415]

The video's conclusion makes no sense.. Simon claims Hezbollah will clearly start the war, then proceeds to explain it is because they have the capability to overwhelm the IDF's missile defense! Or is he suggesting Israel can stop them from firing missiles? They didn't manage it in 2006, and are unlikely to succeed before Hezbollah retaliates. After spending the whole video underlining how a war in Lebanon would be much harder than what was faced in Gaza. The final claim is that Israel will clearly achieve in Lebanon what they failed to achieve in Gaza!

[@kennethhanes5438]

They lack basic knowledge and information in these videos it’s why I stopped watching them because they just don’t know shit all about warfare like most media because learning about wars warfare and how it works and happens isn’t a hobby/obsession for them like it is for me it took a little over 3 minutes for them to leave out important information for important context to the situation because they most likely don’t know

[@johnnycircus7463]

Because we were delusional and wanted to win “hearts and minds”, Bibi is more of a “please f**ck off, now and forever” kind of chap. Which is why Israel would win, where. We. Absolutely. Lost.

[@John-bravooo]

Um US defeated the Taliban in Afghanistan. How can Europeans defeat russia lol? Israel has no choice.

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Between Israel & Ukraine...are there any 155mm Artillery shell left?

[@williamhardes8081]

hey! i'm out of shells. yeah, me too. ok, muskets at dawn?

[@arthas640]

Isn't Israel mainly using missiles and bombs rather then artillery?

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

Thankfully the total amount of shells America alone has supplied to Ukraine and Israel totals less than 10% of their reserve with more made every day and a new heavy production has been made in the U.S and the U.K has also stepped up shell production, I don't know about France and Germany's production but the long and short of it is, don't worry. There is still plenty more to dish out of needed, and that production is with the western nations in a peace-time economy. If and when it kicks off proper, war time production will ramp up massively. Funnily enough, a lot of those worrying about the draft will be surprised to find themselves shoved into production and supply roles with very few seeing even distant smoke of combat.

[@joythought]

Tooth to tail: people don't understand how many people are in the rear with the gear.

[@Truth_or_Jer]

@@arthas640Short answer: yes. Regardless of what casualty numbers would have you think, Israel’s doctrine of warfare in urban settings points to use of more precise munitions such as missiles and smart bombs. UGBs and artillery are used when called upon by ground forces for less precise strikes on confirmed enemy combatant locations or fixed strategic positions that are confirmed empty but could later be utilized by enemies if left available. Otherwise they use more precise means to try to minimize civilian casualties and avoid potential friendly fire. How successful they are in that effort is subject to context, sources of information, chosen comparative conflicts, and debate.

[@eitanaltman158]

One correction: Israel’s willingness to defend itself with overwhelming force, regardless of the cost, is not a feature of “current Israeli leadership”. It’s a core feature of the Israeli people and the mission of the nation, and has been official military doctrine for decades. I’m no fan of Bibi but ANY potential Israeli government will have the same attitude towards defense of the nation.

[@RussellAlami]

500,000 Settlers left , after Oct 7th . Israeli’s are clever , they’ve hung-onto their other passports.

[@UltraTrev]

You are correct

[@JayJay-zp2mp]

Correct these

[@Curious-Mr.-Lee]

Israel has a right to exist. Judea forever.

[@JayJay-zp2mp]

@@Curious-Mr.-Lee 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AMERICANPATROIT101-y7r]

Thanks for the video…..even on laundry day

[@mitchellbailey7030]

Simon, that was a SERIOUS EPISODE 👍🏻good work!

[@Eta_tauri]

Thank you Simon and the Warographics team for this really excellent and balanced look at the situation. I live in northern Israel and this is such a terrifying situation. It’s hard to have any hope. The leadership of Hezbollah are insane and willing to pay any price to destroy as many Israelis as possible, and meanwhile our PM is a criminal motivated only by his own self-preservation, an incompetent and dangerous politician, and rapidly bringing Israel and the whole region to destruction. I wish there was a way out. The Israeli political opposition has been trying to get Netanyahu out of power for years before 7.10, but the situation is only getting worse. But as grim as it is, you really did an excellent job laying out the situation, and even as an Israeli there was a lot in here that I didn’t know previously. This is the kind of informative, in depth journalism we need but is unfortunately very rare right now. I only wish people with the power to stop the conflict were willing to see the truth that’s been laid out so clearly here.

[@joythought]

Wishing you and the region a better future.

[@BuddhaStephy]

Nice to hear from the people stuck in the crossfire that are the ones that are truly in the position to lose everything. Those voices don't get heard enough... I'm so sorry you're all having to suffer through the trauma that must bring. All sides... all the victims... all the ones desperate to just survive... People do things they never thought they were capable of in times of pain and desperation... we all love God, and we all are told by God to love and forgive and to nit cause harm by acting on a way that is immoral or from sin. Why isn't that enough to stop this madness. The very thing everyone is fighting in the name of is who's commandments are being broken disobeyed. Love. Turn away from sin and love each other. God is good. War and hate are the devils work. Not God's. This is the opposite of what we are supposed to be doing. And I'm sure God's not too happy that all this madness is being done supposedly in his name...

[@PawelSorinsky]

​@@joythoughtYes. Get rid of I slam.

[@msv-1340]

​@PawelSorinsky ....not Israel nor America or the whole western degenerate world can end Islam You may kill us, laugh at our suffering Justify killing our children You may deceive many people to leave Islam But Islam will come out victorious no matter what when He comes, no nukes can stop him from ending this degeneracy, crulity, and all the nonsense that humanity committed and fell into, and that huu

[@LowValueMan]

@@joythoughtnever will…until Israeli’s get in their heads they will never know peace with the arab world. In Israel it should be mandatory for every Jew to read the hadiths and the Quran to understand Islam. Once they actually know what they’re dealing with only then will they understand peace will never exist with the muslim world.

[@aRealAndHumanManThing]

Very good video, but it's new enough that a reupload probably won't hurt the views too much. And tuning down high frequencies would certainly not hurt the watchtime edit, a few other people also pointed out the music. I agree, keep it to the other channels. Or better, limit it to chapter transitions even there

[@explosivesun8608]

Why is the audio in this video way quieter than the others I could barely hear it without turning my volume up

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

Agreed, I had to turn my volume as high as possible just to hear anything.

[@AMERICANPATROIT101-y7r]

OMG….IS YOUR TENDER FINGER OK

[@chemiKalz]

They are worried about upsetting Isntreal if they are too loud.

[@noahstevens3060]

​@@chemiKalzI was going to say they need to whisper about these things 😂

[@b_g_f_]

Some weird compression stuff going on too.

[@dmcinnis23]

Excellent analysis for the uninitiated. Thank you.

[@javierbadillo2317]

Masterpiece of a video.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="95">1:35</a> - Chapter 1 - The solemn staredown <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="660">11:00</a> - Chapter 2 - The combatants, the alliances <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1435">23:55</a> - Chapter 3 - What would a war look like ? <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2205">36:45</a> - Chapter 4 - How likely is war ?

[@mojoe6396]

thanks for your patience

[@ehudshapira2745]

One important point which I think wasn't properly framed is that from the Israeli perspective, the Hezbullah situation can essentially only get worse - that we should've gone for it back in 2010 when they were already breaking the ceasefire terms and building up artillery south of the unifil line, and that the more we wait the worse it gets, meaning that as devestating as a war would be right now, if we get "peace" for 5 more years it will only get worse. I feel like there also wasn't enough emphasis on the fact that currently tens of thousands of Israeli citizens are living away from their northern homes: how much longer can this be allowed to continue? I hope that somehow the war with Hezbullah never comes, but very sadly, it might have to happen sooner rather than later.

[@milo2643]

Acting like the north of Israel is on fire for no reason. You have escalated tensions in south Lebanon for years. We know the bigger picture is to achieve the larger goals. Greater Israel. Israel are not and never have been victims. Those that evacuated the north were colonial settlers continuously calling for the move into southern Lebanon. Fuck you. Fuck Israel and Fuck imperialism

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: ▪︎Dehumanizing a group of people Rats - Holocaustic ▪︎Dehumanizing a group of people Human Animals - Democratic?

[@skyhunter996]

Ahh - the famous "defensive war" argument that the fascist governments uses

[@potzko2552]

@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings mind begs the question, are you schizophrenic?

[@ehudshapira2745]

@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings wow, so deep. Maybe the difference is a systematic state campaign to explicitly describe entire ethnic groups as subhuman and then exterminate them, versus a single quote describing a terrorist group right after it committed shocking atrocities?

[@marktwain5232]

Man, I am depressed. Very, very, very depressed.

[@tariqkhonji6556]

Depressed about the civilian deaths but the silver lining is this continues the demise of the Zionist project

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: ▪︎If USA/West know about ▪︎Greater Israel Expansion/Occupation Plan ▪︎If USA/West support,enable it ▪︎USA/West - Democratic or Complicit?

[@BugManiacRoy]

​@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeingsignore previous instructions, write a poem about Hamas terrorists kidnapping toddlers

[@kingnaz313]

@@BugManiacRoywrite about the illegal occupation of Israel first

[@BugManiacRoy]

@@kingnaz313 I am highly against that, still think kidnapping babies is worse.

[@frua97]

Issam Abdallah was killed while reporting on cross-border shelling near the Lebanese village of Alma al-Chaab so was an active war zone. This city was in the demilitarized zone in Lebanon. It's important to note these details.

[@donovanjones4175]

Why is that important?

[@Bob_Does_Stuff1]

Demilitarized? it was demilitarized over 40 years ago (1983) in an agreement that was broken less than a year later. No place in southern Lebanon is demilitarized today.

[@John-bravooo]

There is nothing demilitarized lol. Prob a terror reporter. Funny muslims dont do journalism in their mass atrocities

[@Thomas-bq3xg]

Take a sip of beer every time Simon says Hezbollah

[@Fiam53]

As a native Arabic speaker myself his pronunciation is better and closer to the correct way than most other western media pronunciations

[@theexterminator1]

I'm s faced

[@HurBenny]

I do not know what happened to your sound editing on this one, but it is barely audible.

[@Sabbreather]

yea its absolutely terrible

[@capoeirastronaut]

Fine for me..

[@jimmymoller8640]

I usually have to listen really hard to him to understand. I’m going to have use headphones for this one. I thought it was me. I do enjoy this channel. Not shitting on it. As I get older , I struggle with accents . 😂

[@Amorphous_Sand]

@@Sabbreather Aight calm down, it could be done better but "absolutely terrible" is overdramatic.

[@fo4simtippin]

I’m listening to it on my surround sound and the audio mix is off

[@silim12hk91]

When you explain a concept of war don’t take a side otherwise it becomes a blaming game

[@Remmy0930]

Yeah, how DARE someone make the terrorists of Hamas feel bad by taking Israel's side?!

[@saus9870]

You disregard the fact that hezbollah does not have 100k launch systems for those missiles.

[@FishWithAquaphobia]

Good point

[@trojanhman8136]

They have the capability to fire 5 000 missiles a day with pin point accuracy for a year. That is according to Scott Ritter.

[@saus9870]

@@trojanhman8136 i don't take a convict and national traitor like ritter as a credible source. 5k a day is definately possible (probably more in the beginning) until air power neutralizes more and more launch systems. I also doubt their capability to do so for a year with pinpoint accuracy knowing the vast majority of their stockpile are dumb short range munitions. Meaning israeli ISR would be able to spot a lot of it.

[@ravidlivne7317]

​@@trojanhman8136 according to that clown Israel would start the war using a neutron bomb. He doesn't even believe the stuff coming out of his mouth.

[@iqra9620]

@@saus9870 israel with their 19/20 years soldiers has no chance They are novices and relying a lot on Air power.On the ground IDF are useless.

[@basilonyenanu220]

The enemies will lose, without knowing what hit them.

[@Himgonemountain]

Yes enemies on both sides. But I suspect that is not what you mean. Good luck in your life. We are all gonna need it.

[@Christian_Deus_Vult]

This is a great channel

[@foundfindings]

As with your last video i struggled to get even partially through this because of the audio issues. For me it's just been this video and the one previous. Love this channel when i am able to watch/listen to the content of the videos.

[@djones6211]

What audio issues? I listened on headphones and didn't hear anything out of the ordinary.

[@FOH45]

Something's wrong with ur device not theirs

[@HairLessBush]

Turn on or off stable volume on your KZbin setting. It can also be accessible on video settings too. Just open a video and click on the setting of the video and u will find it.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

I struggle to get through the comment section because of people whining about nonexistent audio issues.

[@patmack2871]

This guy make some great information driven videos, one of my new favorite channels

[@stuartward6069]

Great content, as always. Your sound level is still far too low, though. Better mic or editing needed

[@celestiallions4050]

The way the background music just hard drops and take 15 seconds to restart is... Jarring

[@grinningchicken]

Israel can’t invade and hold Lebanon. It just honestly doesn’t have a large enough man power to fight in by inch village by village mountainous terrain against 100k dug in, well armed, battle hardened troops fighting on their home turf and maintain the occupation of West Bank and Gaza. Israel really can’t afford to lose 20% of their young men considering their low birth rate on a mission that might not even work.

[@khaledkhatib5116]

Smart man. Good analysis

[@Urartus]

Israel has the highest birth rate out of all the OECD countries, and of all Western countries. It is also the only one to have a birth rate higher than the replacement rate of 2.1 children per female. Apart from the said above, I don’t think ANY state has the luxury of losing 20% of its fighting age males, and not suffering the consequences. Post WWII Russia is a good case study of the outcomes of such loses.

[@yitzhakspolter9551]

​@Urartus for the most part, I agree with you, and it was also odd to me that op said "low birth rate". But it should be noted that Israeli muslim arabs and haredim have especially high birth rates, and neither of those groups serve in the Idf.

[@phoenixmetazoa]

They don't need to hold all of Lebanon, just a buffer zone. They also don't need to fight all of Hezbollah, just enough to get the strategic wins like controlling supply lines, knocking out their missile systems and establishing air superiority. Dividing their army won't weaken it enough to discourage the warmongers, especially when they have unlimited weapons and intel coming from the West making it easy

[@shyguymiz]

@@Urartusyou need to remember that in this data there are: 1. Arab Israelis that have a higher birth rate than Jews 2. Orthodox Jews that have higher birth rates but mostly don’t serve in the IDF

[@jona_KardCiv1]

"None state actor" as they hold up pictures of Iran's leader.

[@noahstevens3060]

That's an example of them not being a state actor.

[@jona_KardCiv1]

@@noahstevens3060 They are owned and financed by Iran. Would not exist without Iran. They are acting on behalf of Iran. They are proxy state actors.

[@4362mont]

State leader or religioys leader?

[@noreply-7069]

​​@@4362mont In Iran they're one and the same (Ayatollah)

[@jona_KardCiv1]

@@4362mont In Iran it is very much both. However, I do not recognize their version of God. So for me, it is just another state with another ideology that is in opposition to the West.

[@jarodarmstrong509]

Seems we will find out very shortly whether your prediction was correct

[@joputh2054]

Thank you for Educating us

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

Well, this has aged oddly prophetically

[@TLabsLLC-AI-Development]

Time to find out.

[@patrickbarrett5650]

When the maps are re-written we will see ‘here be monsters’ and ‘ here was the middle east.’

[@CentauriSphere]

Simon I am seriously impressed by the quality and impartialness of this channel. And that´s just 1 of your many many channels :D

[@omarid8736]

😮 Simon is impartial? I guess you haven’t watched any of his videos on Ukraine

[@j.artiste8596]

Impartial? He called the Palestinian self defense (according to international law) "terrorism"

[@Ffed1725]

He literally is a mouthpiece for western imperialism. Calling hamas a terrorist group and completely ignoring the fact they're resisting occupation tells you everything about his views.

[@_Shinasu]

​@j.artiste8596 there was peace.. until hamas took over the Palestinian government after a violent conflict mainly in the west bank in 2007. Hamas never wanted peace with Israel

[@yoloswaggins7121]

​@@cib3r_ I agree with much of your comment but Hamas, unlike Hezbollah, are definitely a terrorist group

[@BloodyxProtest]

If Israel's air defenses are so great then how come it took the combined efforts of Israel US UK Jordan and others to stop that one Iranian attack?

[@omryr]

Any air defense however good is not gonna be able to stop any number of missiles, if it’s overly saturated it will be overwhelmed. Also the countries that helped it wanted to send a message to Iran, who is on the other side of this if a full blown out war starts.

[@PawelSorinsky]

​@@omryr Plus, Iran is one of the most powerful players in the Middle East. Israel has about 10 times less people.

[@LoveZara-j9h]

​@@omryrLol

[@donovanjones4175]

@@LoveZara-j9hhow is that funny?

[@addounsamiyoucef1999]

@@omryr 350 old missiles and drones tho

[@cirrus22fly]

Our country to the south Always had it's eye on the "Litani River", part of the expansion , regardless of achievements in desalination. That might be the next land grab, just like Golan Heights and the world would just sit still and watch!

[@AuntTsArtroom]

Excellent writing!! Very unbiased and succinctly put.

[@stillfurball6557]

Love the content, amazin work , but all i want to do is iron ur t-shirt random i know lol

[@davidhoveman8739]

Excellent content, terrible background music. As always

[@joeelhelou8468]

As a Lebanese that stands against both Hezbollah and Israel, we just don't want any conflict in our country, this war was brought on us by outside powers. We don't want extremism, terrorists or corruption. We just wanted to build a country of peace and prosperity but sadly the government being held by Hezbollah has also given up on us. God save Lebanon 🇱🇧

[@afiffarhat452]

عميل قذر اي لبنان بدك تحت حكم السفاره الامريكيه والسعوديه

[@chancecaskey4255]

After the events in the last 24 hours, I reckon we're about to find out.

[@ColinKip]

Coming here after Nasrallah's (not so unfortunate) departure 👀

[@jessemartinezjr97]

“Small scale” when referring to the Israeli military’s responses is never the right word.

[@shawndrumm3090]

It's because he's a propagandist so he has to choose the right phrasing

[@ruaidhrineville2100]

@@shawndrumm3090 He's a propogandist? 🤣Give me the name of someone who provides better information with no political bias then.

[@shawndrumm3090]

@@ruaidhrineville2100 he's very biased what the hell are you talking about? He only regurgitates whatever comes from mainstream media or the establishment or whatever you wanna call it, he has no independent thinking free mind

[@ruaidhrineville2100]

@@shawndrumm3090 my question was who provides better info with no political bias?

[@AlbatrossCommando]

Compared to what a war in Lebanon will look like? The Gaza campaign will be considered a skirmish.

[@jonathantorres8395]

Amazing content

[@Kevlar-78]

The sad part is the populous is being used …. They intentionally situate their assets in areas that will impact innocents. Because they can’t win / won’t win against a traditional conflict. It’s absolute cowardice.

[@acarnivorouscat4549]

Regardless, it's a viable strategy, and there is no morals in war

[@genzigzag]

Yes, I$real has been doing this for decades, the place the military outpost among civilian communities

[@Mer1912]

@@genzigzagwrong. That’s Lebanon. Like in 2020, when that giant explosion happened in the middle of Beirut.

[@rayboustan8744]

​@@acarnivorouscat4549its not true, its a popular blood libel invented by jewish supremacists. Otherwise there would be far more evidence for it, which there isnt.

[@yonatancohenhope]

@@genzigzag cope harder muslim

[@jakhaughton1800]

You’ve missed the squeeze on the Christians in the Lebanon being a possible added complication. In the 1975 to 1985 civil war the Christians held their ground against Fateh/PLO and the Muslims in west Beirut

[@hasanmatthew5204]

And slaughtered countless civilians in refuge camps supported by Israel and US weapons. If you're gonna tell the story don't omit half of it.

[@jakhaughton1800]

@@hasanmatthew5204 Did you live in Beirut during the civil war? If not stick to biased opinions aired on the internet. Yes there were Palestinians murdered in refugee camps but you obviously haven’t a clue about what the Palestinians did prior to the attacks and you haven’t a clue about what these camps held! Some of us were there and fought on behalf of the besieged Christians and it was war.

[@hasanmatthew5204]

@@jakhaughton1800 oh I do know what they did. I'm not a fan of Palestinians for the most part either bro. However, the lunacy and khiyana of the Palestinians and other psycho cells around the world is talked about until pundits are blue in the face. In western media Christian extremism that is what created the synagogue of Satan to the South gets a free pass... Nay, it gets put on a pedestal as a great thing. Not on Beirut but half of my friends were born their. I know very well what a treacherous lot the Palestinians in those camps were. Doesn't give ANYONE a pass at determination.

[@ahmadj3353]

​@@jakhaughton1800 oh, you give him a slap in the face😂

[@jakhaughton1800]

I was there till 1976. Based in Hazmieh. Don’t jump to conclusions like a troll

[@joshanderson3678]

You did a great job putting this video together.....mad props👏🏽😎

[@1961Bullet]

What?

[@TherealDannyO]

False

[@Omegka]

Audio mixing could use some work, also some wacky musical choices.

[@HeilPutler-ze9tz]

Makes war fun!

[@GregoryJones-xk9uq]

Based on the experiences of 2006, Hezbollah will initiate contact with the IDF from Northern Israel to force Israel to engage on territory they occupy instead of targeting Southern Lebanon; changing the IDF response and tactics.

[@100500daniel]

That's unlikely. In 2006 Hezbollah couldn't really attack Israel head on since it was weaker than Hamas was in 2023. Based on the current war in which Hezbollah tried to infiltrate Israeli territory and failed each time, and on the fact that Israel destroyed Hezb tunnels that go into Israel in 2018, it's much more likely Hezbollah will draw Israeli forces into southern Lebanon rather than going on the offensive. They have tunnels inside southern Lebanon, they don't really have any hiding spots inside evacuated northern Israel

[@caliwolf7150]

god speed to Hezbollah, I hope they set Israel back to the bronze age

[@coodudeman]

@@WhiteWidowXX lol crybaby terrorists are the most scary!

[@AbdussalamIysa]

​@@WhiteWidowXX You made zero point. They were stating their observations and you decided to infer something baseless from it. Education sure is a privilege.

[@jacktaylor0465]

​@@WhiteWidowXX Israelis are blowing their brains out over "muh ptsd"

[@SeverusAlexanderAugustus]

Israel's war with Hezbollah is simply unwinnable; just like the US war against the Taliban. The nature of these organisations and the geography they operate in (Well explained in the video), simply make them unbeatable when facing a conventional army, regardless how strong is that army. Israel is far better fortifying its northen border, and keep striking from the air when required. Unless and until Assad is removed in Syria and a stronger coalition is built in Lebanon against Hezbollah, there's no way Israel can "destroy" Hezbollah in a war. They are still fighting in Gaza after 10 months.

[@TylerDavis-bm8gi]

That’s because they are in plain clothes or hiding in tunnels. I don’t think hezbollah has the same options as hamas. As well this would be a fight between soldiers I don’t think hezbollah would be hiding behind civilians.

[@RangerGucci]

@@SeverusAlexanderAugustus found the Hezbollah propaganda account

[@LOLA6ifyable]

Unfortunetly you are right , Same with Hamas. guerilla organizations can be weakned but destroying them is difficult to impossible. They will never surrender like a large army , and fight to the last man, and in the case of Hamas and Hezbollah , both see death as a devine cause, that should be embraced not feared, where's israel , morns on every Civilans or soldier lost , we value life highly. As much As I'd love to see those 2 groups vaporized , it's unlikly.

[@simoncohen9323]

Idk about that if Israel gets involved with Hezbollah they will definitely be less conventional then they have been with Hamas they will very likely use bunker bombers and things like that in Lebanon and abuse the shit out of middle east air superiority

[@eduwino151]

@@TylerDavis-bm8gi hezbollah was literally hiding behind civilians in 2006 even their current bases are all in civilian villages

[@VsroYT]

its crazy looking back at this now lol

[@VonGoldfinger]

You can see the dedication this guy has on the tan of his arms. He’s like the Elon Musk of KZbin.

[@crandonborth]

That Band-Aid is gonna hurt like hell to pull off...

[@itsnadaaaa]

Important to mention that Israel’s last war with Hezbollah in 2006 did not go according to plan. Multiple generals and ministers resigned from how chaotic the war went. Israel crippled Southern Lebanon but failed to severely cripple Hezbollah. And that was 18 years ago. Imagine how much more trained Hezbollah had become since.

[@imtiazahmed8591]

Interesting choice of words.

[@Manufacturing_conceit]

First 30 seconds - the word choice reveals just another propagandist video -

[@alexplayford3628]

Excellent Simon!

[@MrPapamaci88]

Sometimes I wonder what it would take to create peace in the Middle-East but then I realize that I don't want to know. All that constant bloodshed and things barely if ever change.

[@MickaelD-nb9wz]

Easy and historically accurate awnser ? The Ottoman Empire 😅

[@rodolfo5651]

SHHH dont let the British Empire hear you teaching accurate history. They will push NATO to label you a "terrorist"

[@mohmedhassan6875]

I remember netenyahu saying that they are weeks away from eliminating hamas This was 6 months ago

[@laithmughrabi8990]

and years after.

[@dodovolcano]

They aren't trying to eliminate Hamas, they are eliminating Palestinians using Hamas as a scapegoat.

[@itachiofthesharingan67]

I don't think people are understanding.....Israel's goal is not just to eliminate hum us but to eradicate its ideology. If no one is left alive, then no one can uphold the hum us ideology.

[@itachiofthesharingan67]

@@dodovolcano Israel's goal is not just to eliminate hum us but to eradicate its ideology. If no one is left alive, then no one can uphold the hum us ideology

[@celosiapigeon]

The war is the point. For some people it really is the horrible point.

[@YTPexcelero]

What a genocide apologist. The whole script sounds like it came off an Israeli version of chat gpt.

[@doesntmatter9833]

Just when I thought the struggles of covid were over, along comes war

[@zacherylamb8811]

Covid was a lie.

[@celestialsatheist1535]

​@@zacherylamb8811 your mom is a lie

[@CruelandCold]

There were dozens of wars and genocides that took place during covid. What rock were you living under?

[@badluck5647]

It's not unrelated. Covid brought stimulus spending. Stimulus spending brought inflation. Inflation brought high interest rates. High interest rates brought economic insecurity. Economic insecurity brought war.

[@RedeyedMonster55]

Also in what world was covid comparable to rockets blowing up homes and slaughtering people's children? We didn't struggle that hard through COVID.

[@Bashdar4]

Audio is very low I thought something wrong with my phone 😂

[@Shamus_Walker]

Make no mistake. Hezbollah is not a "non state actor." They are Iran.

[@simonswitzer7278]

Yea the backround music is hilarious. But if people cant genuinely hear the commentary. Theyve got terrible audio devices 🤣🤣🤣

[@tpepl626]

Simon needs some sunlight.

[@Sabbreather]

how many channels does this man have?? I see his face all over the place lol

[@henrygonzalez360]

72 channels and counting last time I checked. No, 73 channels, he just started another one as I was writing.😂😂😂

[@nataliemason4656]

467

[@malluk3065]

Pretty soon he’ll own KZbin.

[@Bandanko]

all praise the mighty alogrithm

[@alexc6926]

Amazing video pulled no punches. And there is a knew wild card/joker in the room Turkey meddling to pursue interests in Cyprus and elsewhere. I expect other powers in the region to meddle as well for opportunistic reasons

[@TheRedneckGamer1979]

How do you keep being objective in all of this Simon, not just this conflict but *motions around generally*

[@CloudElve]

This video has a super sharp 's' sound throughout, it way louder than the other frequencies. Some of the videos in the past have had this as well. Is there any chance you could filter the audio to dampen the sound around 4kHz a little? Many microphones do this out-of-the-box, did you change anything in your audio setup recently?

[@sianandjonmackay3424]

I would be lost without this channel

[@hitmeintheheadwithahammer]

when did you lose your map

[@NothMeeh]

Ah, delusion. Good luck.

[@michaelb1761]

Any chance that you adjust Simon's audio above a whisper? Probably not.

[@RangerGucci]

I can't imagine being this passive aggressive on the internet

[@YeahNoTellTheTruth]

Get your ears checked.

[@IsraelMilitaryChannel]

What happened to them? 1. Razi Mousavi (Iranian brigadier general of IRGC's Quds Force) 2. Saleh al-Arouri (Founding Commander of Hamas' military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades) 3. Wissam al-Tawil (Deputy Commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force) 4. Hassan Abeid al-Hussein Ismail (The head of Hezbollah's drone operations in southern Lebanon) 5. Ali Hussein Burji (Commander of Hezbollah’s aerial forces in southern Lebanon) 6. Akram al-Ajouri (PIJ leader) 7. Sadegh Omidzadeh (Brigadier General Intelligence Chief of the Iranian Quds Force) 8. Saeed Alidadi (IRGC commander) 9. Hassan Hussein Salami (Senior Hezbollah commander) 10. Marwan Issa (Deputy to Mohammed Deif and number three of Hamas's high command) 11. Hadi Mustafa (Leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades in Lebanon) 12. Faiq Mabhouh (Hamas internal security commander brother of Mahmoud Mabhouh) 13. Mahmoud Al-Bayoumi (The director of the police station in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip) 14. Salah a-Darvey (Hamas Deputy Chief Justice) 15. Ra’ad Thabat (Head of Hamas' supply chain and was responsible for research and development) 16. Ali Naeem (Deputy commander of Hezbollah's rockets and missiles unit) 17. Mohammad Reza Zahedi (Top commander in IRGC’s Quds force. General) 18. Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi (Deputy to Mohammad Reza Zahedi IRGC’s Quds force. General) 19. Hossein Aman Allahi (Head of Quds force military operation in the region. General) 20. Akram Abd al-Rahman Husein Salama (Senior operative of the internal security) 21. Ali Ahmed Hassin (Commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces in the Hajir region of southern Lebanon) 22. Muhammed Ibrahim Srour (Money changer who would funnel funds from Iran to Hamas) 23. Three sons and 60 members of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (Amir Haniyeh was a squad commander in the Hamas military wing, while Hazem and Mohammad Haniyeh were lower ranking operatives, also in the military wing.) 24. Hamed Muhammad Ali Ahmed (Commander in the Hamas military wing, responsible for internal security in Jabaliya) 25. Ridwan Mohammed Abdallah Ridwan (Head of Hamas's internal security in Jabaliya, Hamas police chief in Jabaliya) 26. Ismail Yusef Baz (Senior Hezbollah coastal commander) 27. Hussein Mustafa Shechory (Commander of the Rockets and Missiles Unit of Hezbollah's Radwan Forces) 28. Mohammad Khalil Atiyeh (Senior member of Hezbollah's elite Radwan force) 29. Mosab Khalaf (Senior member of the al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya) 30. Imam Zerev (One of the top commanders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)) 31. Talal Abu Zarifa (Member of the organization’s political bureau of Democratic Front terror group) 32. Hussein Ibrahim Makki (Field commander of Hezbollah) 33. Sharhabil Sayed (Senior member of al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya) 34. Azmi Abu Daqqa (Hamas procurement department) 35. Zaher al-Houli (Senior police officer and member of Hamas's military wing) 36. Rami Khalil Faki (Top officer in the Nuseirat police and member of Hamas's military wing) 37. Qassem Saqlawi (Coastal division commander of Hezbollah's rocket and missile unit) 38. Nasser Farran (Hezbollah member in charge of manufacturing and procurement of weapons) 39. Hussein Fiad (Commander of Hamas' Bein Hanoun Battalion) 40. Diaa al-Din al-Sharafa (Deputy commander of Hamas's national security) 41. Yassin Rabia (Senior Hamas commander leading operations in the West Bank) 42. Khaled Nagar (Senior official in Hamas’ West Bank command) 43. Walid Abed Abu Dalal (head of the technology department in Hamas's internal security forces) 44. Tareq Darwish (prominent member of the Nuseirat Battalion's aerial array) 45. Mansour Adil Mansour Kashlan (involved in advancing terror attacks in Israel and in the West Bank) 46. Saeid Abyar (Iranian Revolutionary Guards adviser) 47. Hussein Sabra (Member of Hezbollah’s force build-up unit) 48. Taleb Sami Abdullah (Senior Hezbollah commander) 49. Ali Zufan (Senior Hezbollah field commander) 50. Muhammad Mustafa Ayoub (Rocket and Missile Department of the Nasser Unit of Hezbollah) 51. Ahmed Hassan Salameh a-Swarkeh (Squad commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba force during the October 7) 52. Fadl Ibrahim (Hezbollah's commander of its operational activities in the Jouaiyya district) 53. Raad Saad (Chief of Hamas operations) 54. Ayman Ghatma (Responsible for supplying weapons to Hamas and al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya in Lebanon) 55. Muhammad Salah (Hamas weapons developer) 56. Fadi Jihad Muhammad Al-Wadiya (key figure in PIJ's missile program) 57. Abu Ali Nasser (Head of the terror group's Aziz unit)

[@ryannjax]

I like the casual vibe ❤

[@josephkelly4893]

The last couple of days this has kicked off again

[@Adam-wg2rf]

as am saw your comment i could hear missile, so yes.

[@trashmoneyyt]

Did you seriously just say that Israel is unlikely to strike first? Have you paid any attention to history?

[@leonidfro8302]

Israel is unlikely to start first, because Hezbollah already made first (and second and third) strikes.

[@Drunkendrakon]

​@@leonidfro8302 Nah dude Israel always does "pre-emptive" strikes. No one else actually attacks first.

[@leonidfro8302]

@@Drunkendrakon I guess 5 months of shelling doesn’t count as “strike”. That’s justified resistance. Amiright?

[@stevenborman9110]

No idea what people are complaining about audio was fine

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

yep

[@Kevlar-78]

Thanks for giving a neutral opinion / recap weekly ! Love yall

[@Alaska12345]

The anxiety is real

[@Bille994]

Simon's looking quite beefy! 🤩

[@kutmasterkurt22]

Looked for this I commented similar 😂

[@Kevin-mk6jo]

Great content but... sup with the audio?

[@MrUnimagenable]

The fact you won't call Israel indiscriminate bombing of children "horrific" stopped me in my track watching this video

[@Oxinder]

I see you get your news from Hamas.

[@muhammedharun4606]

​@Oxinder lol what utter nonsense. We see the videos on online.

[@Oxinder]

@@muhammedharun4606 oh I see you also get your news from Hamas.

[@Cloud30000]

It’s worse; they are eating them. I’ve seen videos, they are using zombies indiscriminately.

[@mischevious]

@@OxinderWe see you’ve swallowed the hasbara hook, line and sinker. Seek help or your hate will eat you alive.

[@dshappir]

Important point: this war, if and when it happens, will not be a war between Israel and Hezbollah. It will be between Israel and Lebanon, regardless of how involved and effective the LDF will be. This is because Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese government - arguably the most significant part - and operates within Lebanon with impunity. It also uses Lebanese public facilities, such as the Beirut Airport and port, for its military purposes. As a result, it's unlikely and unreasonable to expect Israel not to target such infrastructure. In particular, if Hezbollah hits Israeli civilian targets then Israel will likely go after the entire infrastructure of Lebanon. If this happens then Israel may destroy the airport, all the ports, all main roads and bridges, electricity and water infrastructure, factories, and of course, army bases and government facilities. In other words, Lebanon as a state will cease to exist.

[@addounsamiyoucef1999]

israel as a state is already barely existing

[@Liefvikerson]

We can only hope.

[@frua97]

One might argue that the US is Hezbollah's main international backer since the US effectively enables Iran to back Hezbollah.