What Do They Know? China Instructs Citizens To Leave Israel

What Do They Know? China Instructs Citizens To Leave Israel, The U.S. Sends Troops, And Israel Imposes A “Special Situation On The Home Front”

 Michael

The situation in the Middle East has started to spiral completely out of control, and it appears that just about everyone is bracing for a major escalation.  The Chinese are telling their citizens to leave Israel, the Biden administration is sending more troops to the region, and the Israeli government has suddenly decided that now is the time to declare a “special situation on the home front” which grants the IDF extensive authority to issue orders to the general public.  Obviously all three have become convinced that something really big is coming.  What do they know that the rest of us do not?

In recent days, many countries have instructed their citizens to leave Lebanon, but I was quite stunned to learn that the Chinese have also told their citizens to evacuate from Israel…

China’s embassy in Israel has asked its citizens to leave the country and return to China in a Sunday night statement.

The embassy added that Chinese citizens should not travel to Israel for the time being.

When all-out war erupts, there won’t be anywhere in the entire region that is truly safe.

As I have discussed previously, U.S. citizens have already been instructed to leave Lebanon, and now more U.S. troops are being deployed to the region…

The U.S. is sending troops to the Middle East in response to the surge in violence between Israel and Hezbollah and as the region teeters on the edge of an all-out war.

The Pentagon announced on Monday that ‘additional’ service members would be deployed to join the 40,000 already stationed in the region along with a dozen warships and fighter jet squadrons.

Most Americans don’t realize this yet, but when all-out war erupts in the Middle East the U.S. will be involved.

In Israel, a “special situation on the home front” has been officially declared for the entire country…

On Monday evening, the government approved the declaration of a “special situation on the home front” throughout Israel, following the most intense day of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah since October.

The declaration of the “special situation” significantly expands the IDF’s powers to issue instructions to the Israeli public, allowing it to ban gatherings, limit studies, and issue “additional instructions required to save lives.”

This is a really big deal.

Just imagine what it would be like if the president of the United States gave the U.S. military special authority over cities throughout the United States.

This is quite a dramatic move, and so Israeli officials must believe that all-out war is imminent.

Of course at this point it is difficult to see how an all-out war can be avoided.  On Monday, we witnessed “the deadliest day of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah since 2006”…

Missiles slammed into southern Lebanon, shattering the early-morning silence Monday and reportedly killing more than 490 people as Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah weapons hidden in residential buildings. The explosions came as Israel heralded a new wave of attacks on the Iran-backed group in Lebanon, warning civilians to flee from any buildings or areas where the organization had weapons or fighters positioned.

Lebanon’s health ministry said the strikes killed 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and wounded 1,645 people, The Associated Press reported. Monday marked the deadliest day of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah since 2006. The death toll also surpassed the deaths from the 2020 explosion at the Port of Beirut that killed nearly 200 people, injured thousands and devastated entire neighborhoods in the Lebanese capital.

We are so close to the unthinkable, and Israel has some decisions to make.

At this point, experts are telling us that Israel has three main options…

There are three options for Israeli planners to consider: air strikes; a massive, Gaza-style invasion; and a “limited” incursion to set up a “buffer zone”.

The first is, of course, the safest. Mr Gallant, the defence minister – no dove, even by Israeli standards – is said to have argued for this option.

It does not commit troops on the ground, avoids the risk of a quagmire, and would not require committing ground forces while the main effort in Gaza (and, increasingly, the West Bank) is still under way.

I would disagree with that assessment.

A “limited” incursion simply is not possible.  Hezbollah has stated that it will be all-out war the moment that the IDF crosses into southern Lebanon, and I believe that they are deadly serious about that.

When all-out war erupts, Israel won’t just be fighting Hezbollah.  In such a scenario, Israel will be fighting Hezbollah’s entire alliance…

Israel possesses far superior weaponry, but the combined forces of the Iranian-led “axis of resistance” would vastly outnumber Israeli forces.

A former Major General in the IDF has told the Jerusalem Post that an all-out war with the entire alliance could have disastrous consequences for Israel…

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