Greetings. Today is Tuesday, October the 1st, 2024. I'm Chris Elkins, and this is the Daily Article

podcast. Today's article is written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Israeli special forces are engaged in limited and targeted raids in southern Lebanon this morning,

according to an IDF spokesman. Their purpose is reportedly not to occupy the country,

but to allow Israelis living in northern Israel to return to their homes. Israel has been criticized

for attacking civilian buildings in its latest conflict with Hezbollah,

but this is because the terrorists have hidden their weapons and missile launching positions

within civilian villages. In fact, the corrupt warlord Hassan Nasrallah and other senior

Hezbollah leaders were gathered in a bunker more than 60 feet beneath a working-class neighborhood

in southern Beirut when Israeli's air forces struck the bunker with a series of timed

chained explosions to penetrate it. According to the IDF spokesman, Hezbollah had been planning,

quote, to invade Israel, attack Israeli communities, and massacre innocent men, women,

and children. By contrast, he stated, I want to make clear, our war is with Hezbollah, not the

people of Lebanon. We do not want to harm Lebanese civilians, and we're taking measures to prevent

that, end quote. Israel has repeatedly warned civilians before staging strikes,

using text messages and voice recordings to urge them to leave dangerous areas.

It even warned an Iranian plane not to land in Beirut lest it be attacked.

Unlike Hezbollah and Hamas,

who are pledged to the genocidal destruction of the

state of Israel and the Jewish people, Israel's war aim is to enable Lebanon to seize a post-Hesbala

future for its people while restoring stability to the region. In fact, in the wake of Nazarala's

death, Lebanon caretaker prime minister said yesterday that his government

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