Rocket "thought to match Hezbollah equipment" hits Lebanon camp

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sfharehash@reddit

Speaking in Athlone, Lt Gen Clancy said the device which struck Camp Shamrock on Wednesday was a “Katyusha rocket”.

I wonder what this means exactly. It could be that he's using "Katyusha" as a shorthand for any MLRS system. But on the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if Hezbollah has old WW2/early cold-war Soviet systems.

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azure_beauty@reddit

Hezbollah has a large stockpile of soviet systems. They also commonly use Malyutkas.

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Pookela_916@reddit

Yea so what im hearing is dont expect the best accuracy and performance, compared to the "the most moral army in the world" who gets goodies from uncle sam the preeminent militaru super power....

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themightycatp00@reddit

So you're saying Israel should start using less accurate weapons so the IDF could get more oopsie points?

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CoconutGoSkrrt@reddit

Why do you want “oopsie points”? Israel has the capability to minimise colateral dmg but won’t, and the same cannot be said for Hezbollah and Hamas.

Someone points this out and your first thought is that Israel should downgrade their weapons so they can kill more civilians without blame. Are you sick in the head?

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dood9123@reddit

It's called liberal brain rot

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sfharehash@reddit

Sounds like the solution is to supply Hezbollah with precision ordinance.

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themightycatp00@reddit

Why would he specifically call it a “Katyusha rocket” if he want to use a general name for MLRS? Wouldn't he just say "rocket" or "projectile" if he wanted to keep it short?

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sfharehash@reddit

Katyusha is often used as an umbrella term for MLRS systems. I'd imagine Katyusha is more understood by non-English speakers.

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themightycatp00@reddit

I haven't done nay research on this but I feel like saying "rocket" is more comprehensive.

MLRS systems

Also I don't mean to be a dick or a bootie but MLRS stands for Multiple Launch Rocket System.

so by saying "MLRS systems" you're saying MLRS systems" it reads like Multiple Launch Rocket System systems

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teremaster@reddit

It's widely confirmed that Hezbollah has a large stockpile of Soviet equipment, katyushas included

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GayFurryHacker@reddit

They're really minimizing this, it seems ("it caused minimal, minimal damage"). Whereas when Israel takes out some lights they act like it's the end of the world to them.
Crazy how biased they are. No wonder they let Hezbollah do whatever they wanted.
Really, what is their purpose there? It's awfully expensive and they don't seem to do anything.

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StarliteStandard@reddit

10,000 people paid to "observe" Hezbollah attack Israel for a year while building up the most massive stockpile of rockets by any terrorist organisations and watching Hezbollah repeatedly flout UN Resolution 1701. That's the purpose of UNFIL.

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Admirable-Spread-407@reddit

Nailed it.

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azure_beauty@reddit

Is it really surprising? Criticize Hezbollah, they won't change their ways, but they might go out of their way to hurt you.

Criticize israel, there is a small chance the world will pressure them to stop. And conveniently Israel won't kill you for saying something they don't like.

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G3N0@reddit

Survivors of the still ongoing northern gaza genocide have stated that during "interrogation" youre liable to be field executed if you dont say hamas was the reason your family died during the countless strikes on civilians.

IDF are carrying out nazi-like purges on the population, and they will kill you if you say something they dont like.

oh and the example i mentioned is from 10 months ago, now that theyve dropped the pretenses, they are skipping the questions and just committing outright genocide.

have a listen if you care but i know zionists love the atrocities their army commit: https://x.com/ytirawi/status/1851217795893068006

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GayFurryHacker@reddit

Those survivors actually seem to be saying what they want about Israel and they seem to be surviving. Just sayin'

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G3N0@reddit

Tell that to the hundreds of journalists killed by Israel..

You're just saying bs

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cookingandmusic@reddit

You mean the ones that actively participated in terrorist activities ? Tf out of here

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Bobert789@reddit

No the IDF indiscriminately attached in Gaza, there's footage of them shooting at those in press vests you can find with a simple Google

They literally killed Israeli hostages that escaped WHILE THEY WERE HOLDING WHITE FLAGS because they thought they were PALESTINIANS holding WHITE FLAGS, and you still think they're actually checking to see that the people they're killing were involved in the attacks?

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G3N0@reddit

of course a zionist would say that. Israel does no wrong. They will destroy a 5 story building, killing 100+ civilians, because they saw a kid with binoculars on the roof.

but its ok, they were all terrorists, they had to die.

what a genocidal freak you and the rest of the zionists are. f*ck off.

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azure_beauty@reddit

Yeah I can just make this up too

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G3N0@reddit

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-official-deadly-gaza-strike-targeted-spotter-wasnt-aimed-at-felling-structure/

Go learn to read your own zionist news you brainwashed freak.

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azure_beauty@reddit

I fail to see any field executions in this example of a strike which unintentionally killed civilians, and Israel admitted took responsibility for.

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G3N0@reddit

The link was meant for another Zionist loser.

You didn't bother to listen to the first hand witness account I originally posted and are instead calling it a lie.

I expect nothing less from Zionists to deny the genocide being carried out and then turn around and cry victim on actual fabricated nonsense like mass rape and beheaded babies.

You lot are sick in the head.

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Bobert789@reddit

The journalists that have been killed and shot at by Israel while wearing press vests would say otherwise

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Fatality@reddit

And conveniently Israel won't kill you for saying something they don't like.

That's debatable, Mossad has a history of Saudi Prince style enforcements.

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lovely-cans@reddit

Lmao

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Bluegutsoup@reddit

conveniently Israel won’t kill you for saying something they don’t like.

The IDF has killed 134 journalists since Oct. 7.

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loggy_sci@reddit

Criticize israel, there is a small chance the world will pressure them to stop. And conveniently Israel won’t kill you for saying something they don’t like.

*probably won’t kill you

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Pookela_916@reddit

They're really minimizing this, it seems ("it caused minimal, minimal damage"). Whereas when Israel takes out some lights they act like it's the end of the world to them.

Managed expectations. One side is claimed to be barbaric terrorists using hand me down tech from the cold war. The other side claims to be a professional and "most moral army in the world" and gets their gear from the preeminent military superpower, who make no secret they can put a warhead accurately on a dime from a different time zone....

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911roofer@reddit

And yet reddit loves Hamas. Let that be a lesson: never boast of your virtue.

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jnkangel@reddit

No Reddit doesn’t love Hamas in particular. Some Subs are more pro, others more against

There’s also a problem that some people conflate criticism of Israel in their military operations with support of Hamas.

Those are two very different things.

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Fatality@reddit

The enemy of my enemy isn't my friend, just another enemy.

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VicenteOlisipo@reddit

Yeah, one rocket hits nothing and they say it did no damage, but if you destroy hundreds of hospitals and clinics they will still be afraid to say you're systematically killing medical staff and their patients. Crazy biased reporting.

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GayFurryHacker@reddit

Your link doesn't work.

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VicenteOlisipo@reddit

Did you block Wikipedia? I just tried it and it works.

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GayFurryHacker@reddit

I get a Wikipedia default page with 'Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name.'

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VicenteOlisipo@reddit

Strange. It's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_health_facilities_during_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war

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_bitchin_camaro_@reddit

Wikipedia links are broken on Reddit

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Zipz@reddit

Or you know

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-intel-agencies-believe-hospital-blast-caused-palestinian-rocket-bro-rcna122031

We do have rockets that have hit by Palestinian militants and killed 100s.

Yet no one cares.

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TendieRetard@reddit

Israel issued a statement yesterday that they were done in Lebanon after destroying and 'capturing' Hezbollah rockets.

While hezbo has a history beefing w/UNIFIL, Israel would surely never carry out a false flag attack?

https://archive.ph/sQsm5

According to the Northern Command, most of the Hezbollah terror infrastructure near the Lebanon-Israel border has been destroyed, and most of the weapons have been transferred to Israel or destroyed in the field.

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StarliteStandard@reddit

LOL this is like the deep state conspiracy theorists, hahahahahaha you're hilarious

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Fatality@reddit

If they are done why are they still bombing the place

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TendieRetard@reddit

because they lie

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UonBarki@reddit

IDF and Mosad have been so deceptive that I wouldn’t be surprised if they fired on the Irish volunteers using captured rockets.

Single most dishonest government on earth.

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911roofer@reddit

This is what redditors actually believe.

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UonBarki@reddit

Your whole comment history is IDF simping. I hope you at least get paid for this.

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StarliteStandard@reddit

Your whole comment history is Hamas simping. I hope you get your 72 virgins.

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Fatality@reddit

That was my thought too, like they did to the Liberty.

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NoobOfTheSquareTable@reddit

Your conspiracy attempt to clear one side of wrong doing is too small, let me show you:

You think Mosad are deceptive? This whole thing has been Hamas and Hezbollah AI news, iran basically invented the entire war and has been blowing up Palestine and Lebanon with their own rockets fired from captured Israeli jets this whole time

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UonBarki@reddit

Thanks, hasbrabot.

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empleadoEstatalBot@reddit

Irish troops 'safe' after rocket hits Lebanon camp

Image Reuters Army tank driving through camp shamrock in southern Lebanon, UN peacekeeper pictured on top of tank, several countries flags in backgroundReuters

Hundreds of Irish troops are taking part in a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

All Irish soldiers are "safe and well" after a rocket struck their UN peacekeeping base in Lebanon on Thursday morning, the Taoiseach (Irish PM) Simon Harris has said.

Hundreds of Irish peacekeepers are headquartered at a base known as Camp Shamrock in southern Lebanon, about 7 km (4 miles) from the border with Israel.

The Irish Defence Forces say all personnel have been accounted for and all are uninjured after the rocket, thought to match Hezbollah equipment.

The Chief of Staff for the Irish Defence Forces, Lt Gen Sean Clancy, confirmed that the rocket fell inside the camp.

He said it caused "minimal, minimal damage" on the ground of an "unoccupied area".

Image Irish Defence Forces A number of Irish peacekeepers being briefed during a recent clearance operation in Lebanon. A group of soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms with light blue UN helmets and flak jackets are standing in a circle listening to instructions. Irish Defence Forces

There are almost 300 Irish peacekeepers currently deployed in Lebanon

In a statement, the Irish Defence Forces said they "understand that news of this incident may cause concern among the families of our deployed personnel".

They added that they want to assure them that "comprehensive force protection measures are in place at our facilities in Lebanon".

"These measures have proven effective in ensuring the safety of our personnel during this event, and we are continuously working to mitigate any risk to our personnel," they said.

The statement added that the defence forces were "working closely with our international partners to gather additional information and evaluate any potential future risks".

Unpredictable rockets

The Republic of Ireland is one of 50 countries which has supplied troops to the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (Unifil) international peacekeeping mission.

Speaking in Athlone, Lt Gen Clancy said the device which struck Camp Shamrock on Wednesday was a "Katyusha rocket".

"This was by an armed element, obviously. It was - our assessment - travelling from north to south into Israel," he said.

"A lot of these are undirected, unguided and therefore unpredictable rockets."

Lt Gen Sean Clancy explained such rockets "have been known to fall" but added that the Irish Defence Forces have not yet assessed if the rocket fell or was "taken down".

Hezbollah is known to use Katyusha rockets and in August the group confirmed it had fired hundreds of Katyusha rockets and drones towards Israel.

Image Irish Defence Forces A convoy of UN vehicles recently stationed at an entrance to Camp Shamrock. The large white vehicles are parked in a line and a group of soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms, blue UN helmets and flak jackets are preparing to depart for an operation. There is a sign at the entrance to the camp which says "Céad Míle Fáilte" - the Irish words for "One hundred thousand welcomes". The sign is decorated with the Irish flag and two shamrocks. Irish Defence Forces

A convoy of UN vehicles recently stationed at an entrance to Camp Shamrock

'Challenging environment'

Image Irish Defence Forces An Irish Defence Forces vehicle in Lebanon from media update on 14 October 2024. A soldier is driving a white military vehicle along a dusty road with a panoramic view of mountains behind Irish Defence Forces

Ireland is one of 50 countries providing troops to Unifil

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said the rocket strike on Camp Shamrock "illustrates the risks" Irish peacekeepers face in Lebanon, adding "there’s no hiding from that fact".

"We are in a very challenging environment and that is why force protection is extremely important," Mr Martin said.

“That is why we are pushing very strongly for a de-escalation in the region.

"That is absolutely essential for the people of the region and also for the country, for the world."

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