More info will be posted as I get them.
Clashes are reported at the Egyptian-Israel border. Take it with a grain of salt though.
Multiple credible sources say so too
From what I understand from my source (Gaza News+, they have a tendency to exaggerate sometimes but otherwise are reliable), Israel was caught unaware by the clash and responded urgently. This seems to indicate Egypt started moving towards the border first and initiated the confrontation purposely. However, by all accounts, Israel was the one to move their troops near Lebanon.
I know Israel is backed by the US and all, but doesn’t Egypt have a massive armed force?
US probably exhausted their supplies in Ukraine (I’m not sure if it was NATO equipment or US equipment specifically that they sent), if they have nothing left I’m not sure what Israel is expecting to happen when they’re gonna run out of their own stockpiles.
Iran will also most likely join against Israel, and while they’ve been sending equipment to Russia, they also have a huge army and they make their own military equipment.
This could be a repeat of the 1967 war, except with much different circumstances this time.
Egypt today is sadly not the Egypt of 1967, Lebanon is internally divided and its government is weak and spineless, Syria will be busy for the foreseeable future guarding itself against a terrorist resurgence and trying to regain control over their eastern regions, and too many of the Arab states have either openly or unofficially normalized relations with the apartheid occupation regime to please the US.
I don’t see a war as likely, there is not enough unity or political will for it in the region. Iran is the exception but they can only operate through proxies until a serious conflict breaks out.
I would be surprised if this doesn’t fizzle out as another nothing burger.
I will not underestimate NATO or the US but this just seems slightly suicidal
According to preliminary reports, 3 soldiers of the occupation were killed in the clash and 2 are wounded.
