War Games

Eliza and her family spent Sunday on the beautiful white sandy beach of Tyre in Southern Lebanon.

As they arrived back in Beirut, news broke that Hezbollah had fired rockets into Northern Israel in retaliation to last week's skirmishes. 

There were reports of soldiers being injured and killed.

In the hours and days after the attack it's been revealed that Israel mounted a decoy operation. Footage disseminated amongst Israeli media showed injured soldiers being flown to hospitals. That now turns out to be false. It appears to be an elaborate mission to convince Hezbollah and its followers that Israel had been badly affected by the rocket strike, which in actual fact there'd be no serious consequences.

All it quiet again ... for now.

Meanwhile, Geraldine is taking on the insurance industry after a very unsatisfying attempt to claim for lost items on a recent trip. Eliza is convinced that most people don't lodge claims because of the ensuing bureaucratic nightmare.

Finally, TV ... and planning for overseas weddings.

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Truth is a casualty as the IDF fools Hezbollah https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-fatalities-mercifully-but-truth-is-a-casualty-as-the-idf-fools-hezbollah/

The Spy https://www.netflix.com/lb-en/title/80178151

Ride Like a Girl https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7600382/

Axios https://www.axios.com

Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com

Roosevelt compound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_National_Historic_Site