Ibn Riad - ابن رياض
Ibn Riad - ابن رياض

@IbnRiad

23 Tweets 27 reads Oct 22, 2023
Two Weeks on from October 7th - this is where we are at. 🧵🧵🧵
The intensity of attacks by the Lebanese resistance rises day by day, accumulating strategic military achievements (admitted by the enemy themselves), inflicting a painful price on the occupation while also preparing the ground for what may yet come...
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The drones they must now instead resort to for surveillance are easily dealt with when the time comes, leaving the enemy blind to the waves that will flood them, should that time come.
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Meanwhile in Gaza, in spite of the massacres and war crimes committed by an enemy who will pay a steep price, nevertheless the resistance has held steadfast, remains in excellent shape and morale, and is eagerly awaiting the mistake of a ground invasion.
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The ambush conducted by Al-Qassam at Khan Yunis earlier today is but a taste of what awaits this shambles of an army should they dare to enter Gaza- and it is little surprise that their threats thus far have been much bark and no evidence of bite.
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Meanwhile the rockets continue to fly out of Gaza, undeterred, in salvos whose effectiveness is not limited by the material damage they inflict, but by the effect this constant threat has on the occupation's fragile home front. How much more can they take?
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This is the crux of the situation currently: the occupation's home front witnesses unprecedented internal displacement. The settler-colonists have become refugees in the land they sought to steal.
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The hotels and guest houses fill up, even as the number of abandoned settlements grows, both in the vicinity of Gaza and on the border with Lebanon. Each day the abandonment moves further afield. Where will they go? How long can they persevere?
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What we have witnessed so far has been a war of attrition. Fingers are on the trigger across the region, but the trigger for escalation seems to be the very step that the Zionist army is terrified of taking: entry into Gaza. They know what awaits them there, and elsewhere.
What is abundantly clear is that Gaza will not surrender no matter the degree of death and destruction and decimation is poured upon it by the inhuman occupation.
It is equally clear that their resistance remains intact, powerful and fully capable.
But the longer this protracted state of paralysis continues, the closer the occupation's home front comes to total collapse. With each day their abandonment of settlements widens, & their settler population grows angrier at the inaction regarding the POWs.
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It is both ironic but, equally, unsurprising that Gaza, despite suffering a million times more, is nevertheless holding steadfast, while the settlers, who suffer by comparison the merest of inconveniences, are on the verge of abandoning their occupation project.
The natives of the land have no choice; the settler-colonists are free to return home, and they have been doing so, and will continue to do so in growing numbers.
It might not be long until this snowballs into a real mass abandonment of the Zionist project.
The Zionist government have repeatedly stated that their goal is the annihilation of Hamas.
It is clear to any sane observer that they have set for themselves an impossible goal well beyond their capabilities.
What happens when this reality becomes clear to their population?
How many times have we heard "we will not live here if Hamas is not removed"?
In light of this, it is truly no exaggeration to say that the abandoned settlements have effectively been liberated: there is huge probablity the settlers will never return to them.
Thus we remain at the same impasse of a week ago: the Zionist army stuck between the impossibility of action and the unthinkability of inaction.
And despite the suffering of Gaza, the longer this attrition goes on, the closer the occupation comes to the brink of total collapse.
And the only alternative appears to be to send their army to certain death and abduction in Gaza, at best, and at worst to invite their total destruction at the hands of the regional forces who lay in wait for them.
Indeed, God alone knows what calculations and surprises have been prepared by the Joint Operations Room of the Resistance Axis, what response might be triggered and when, and what strategic ambushes await.
To those who will inevitably ask "when will the other resistance forces join the battle": you will receive no answer, because A. they are in the heart of the battle, and B. any further escalation will happen in a manner that surprises you, me, the Zionists and the whole world.
The entire axis shares a Joint Operations Room, including the Palestinian factions, and all major decisions are taken within it.
The resistance in Gaza does not await the action of others, but is itself part of the decision-making process for that action.
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Note also that Palestsinian factions are participating in the battles taking place on the Lebanese border, including PIJ's Saraya Al-Quds, as seen by the martyrs both resistance movements have offered there:
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As this battle draws on, no doubt, it is exhausting to remain on the brink for extended time, but on the brink we remain, and we must know that for them this brink is far more painful and dangerous.
Or, to put it better, though we might be suffering, our enemy is also suffering - but we can hope from God what they can never hope for.

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