In 1996, Israeli artillery shelling on a United Nations compound housing hundreds of displaced people in Qana killed at least 100 civilians and wounded scores more people, including four U.N. peacekeepers. During the 2006 war, an Israeli strike on a residential building killed nearly three dozen people, a third of them children. Israel said at the time that it struck a Hezbollah rocket launcher behind the building.
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Mayor among 16 killed in Israeli strike on south Lebanon municipality building
The Israelis „intentionally targeted a meeting of the municipal council to discuss the city‘s service and relief situation“ to aid people displaced by the Israeli campaign, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said.
The U.N. mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said its peacekeepers observed an Israeli tank firing at their watchtower near southern Lebanon‘s Kfar Kela on Wednesday morning. Two cameras were destroyed, and the tower was damaged, UNIFIL said.
Death toll from Israeli onslaught on Lebanon reaches 2,350 since last year
More than 10,900 injured since Oct. 8, 2023, says Lebanese Health Ministry
Slaughter In Gaza And Lebanon As War With Iran Approaches
(October 9, 2024)
On Tuesday State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller told the press that the Biden administration no longer supports a ceasefire with Hezbollah, saying “We support Israel’s efforts to degrade Hezbollah’s capability” instead. Two weeks ago CNN reported that the administration has also essentially given up on a ceasefire in Gaza.
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And we haven’t even talked about Iran yet.
Death Toll From Israeli Airstrikes On Lebanon Reaches 2,306, Injuries Up To 10,698: Ministry
Last Saturday alone, Israeli airstrikes killed 51 and injured 174, according to the ministry.
Israeli attacks kill at least 41 in Lebanon on Monday
At least 41 people were killed and 124 wounded by Israeli forces, raising the death toll to 1,356 since Israel began escalating strikes on Lebanon on 23 September.
Monday‘s deaths included 21 people who were killed in an Israeli strike on the village of Aitou, located in the Christian-majority Zgharta district in northern Lebanon.
North Lebanon death toll rises to 18: Red Cross
The Lebanese Red Cross said that Israel‘s attack on a building in Aitou in north Lebanon‘s Zgharta district killed at least 18 people.
It is the first town the Christian-majority town is hit during Hezbollah‘s current clashes with Israel.
Hezbollah has little to no presence in the area.
War on Gaza: Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa Hospital burns Palestinians alive
It was the seventh such attack targeting the Al-Aqsa Hospital complex, according to the Palestinian government media office in Gaza.
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee confirmed that the Israeli air force had conducted the attack, and said that the hospital was a „command and control centre“ used by Hamas. He provided no evidence for the claim.
Mass burials and unidentifiable bodies: Horror accounts of Israeli attacks in south Lebanon
Two weeks of Israel‘s bombardment of Lebanon has resulted in destruction, civilian casualties and fear that this time will be worse than 1982
Death toll from Israeli attacks in Lebanon reaches 2,255
(October 13, 2024)
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict on 8 October 2023 has reached 2,255, with injuries totalling 10,524, the Lebanese health ministry said.
On Friday alone, Israeli airstrikes killed 26 and injured 144 in Lebanon, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the ministry.
4 Israeli soldiers killed, more than 60 people injured by Hezbollah drone in one of bloodiest attacks on Israel since Oct. 7
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, launched by Hezbollah hit an army base adjacent to Binyamina, a town north of Tel Aviv that lies some 40 miles from the Lebanese border.
In addition to the four soldiers killed, seven soldiers suffered severe injuries, the IDF said.
According to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service, a total of 61 people were wounded in the attack.
Nordkorea droht Südkorea bei weiteren Drohnenüberflügen mit Katastrophe
Am Freitag hatte Nordkorea behauptet, dass Südkorea in diesem Monat dreimal Drohnen für Flugblattaktionen in den Luftraum über der Hauptstadt geschickt habe. Zudem bekräftigte das Regime seine Bereitschaft, auf jede ernsthafte politische oder militärische Provokation des Südens mit voller militärischer Stärke zu reagieren.
Der Vereinigte Generalstab (JCS) in Seoul erklärte daraufhin, die Behauptungen Nordkoreas nicht bestätigen zu können.
Poland promotes joint declaration with 40 countries to protect UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland before the United Nations promoted a proposal, signed by 40 countries who provide funds and troops to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), to condemn the recent attacks of of Israel against its base in Naqoura (in the south of the country) and five peacekeepers were injured in just three days. “We call for respecting the UN mission and guaranteeing the safety of people,” dictates his message published on the social network X.
40 nations contributing to UN Lebanon peacekeeping force condemn ‚attacks‘
The 40 contributing countries „reaffirm our full support for UNIFIL‘s mission and activities, whose principal aim is to bring stabilization and lasting peace in South Lebanon as well as in the Middle East,“ the statement read.
„We urge the parties of the conflict to respect UNIFIL‘s presence, which entails the obligation to guarantee the safety and security of its personnel at all times,“ it added.
UNIFIL, which involves about 9,500 troops of some 50 nationalities, is tasked with monitoring a ceasefire that ended a 33-day war in 2006 between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israel in Lebanon, better without witnesses
The Israeli army did not mistakenly target the Blue Helmets; it acted deliberately to eliminate inconvenient observers
France, Italy and Spain condemn targeting of UNIFIL by IDF -joint statement
(October 11, 20248:29 PM GMT+2Updated a day ago)
The leaders of France, Italy and Spain on Friday condemned the recent targeting of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, by the Israel Defence Forces and said such attacks were „unjustifiable“ and should „immediately come to an end.“
Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon reaches 2,255, with 10,524 injured amid ongoing conflict
(October 12, 2024)
Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon Friday left 26 dead and 144 injured, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health’s Emergency Operations Center.
The attacks are part of an ongoing conflict that has claimed 2,255 lives and injured 10,524 since the aggression began.
Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Claim 2,229 Lives Since October 2023
(October 11, 2024)
The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October 2023 has risen to 2,229, with 10,380 people injured.
Over the past 24 hours, 57 airstrikes were recorded, bringing the total number of Israeli assaults since the start of the aggression to 9,588, according to a statement released Friday by the Lebanese Government Emergency Committee
Israel Jails US Journalist, Fires On UN Peacekeepers, Bombs Beirut, Kills More Kids, Etc
I used to be able to write individual articles about the individual bad things the US empire is involved in around the world. These days I’m increasingly finding it necessary to cram a bunch of them into a single daily write-up to touch on as many of them as I can.
France, Italy summon Israeli ambassadors after UN peacekeepers struck by Israeli forces
The two countries, which supply large amounts of troops to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon known as UNIFIL, summoned Israel‘s ambassadors to their respective capitals in response to incidents in which four peacekeepers were injured, one of whom required hospitalization. No French or Italian troops were wounded.
France‘s Ministry for Foreign Affairs condemned the „deliberate“ attack on Friday, which it said constitutes a „serious violation of international law.“
Libanon: Israel beschießt erneut UN-Friedenstruppe
Das libanesische Außenministerium warf Israel einen „absichtlichen und systematischen Beschuss der Blauhelmtruppe“ vor.
UNIFIL bestätigte auf der Plattform X, dass es zwei Explosionen nahe einem Wachturm in Nakura gab. Zwei Soldaten seien verletzt worden. Den Grund der Explosionen nannte die UN-Mission nicht.
Two Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Lebanon injured in Israeli attack
Israeli forces on Friday launched another attack on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in southern Lebanon, injuring several Sri Lankan peacekeepers stationed there.
Israeli forces again attack UNIFIL headquarters in southern Lebanon, Sri Lankan peacekeepers injured
According to Lebanon‘s official National News Agency, an Israeli Merkava tank targeted one of UNIFIL‘s observation towers on the main road connecting Tyre to Naqoura, in front of a Lebanese Army checkpoint, injuring the Sri Lankan contingent stationed there.
It said Israeli artillery fired a shell that struck the main entrance of the UNIFIL command center in Naqoura, causing damage to the site.
Middle East crisis: UN human rights office condemns worsening violence
(today)
UN peacekeepers came under fire for the second day in a row in Lebanon on Friday, amid intensifying Israeli bombing of Beirut and southern areas, along with continuing Hezbollah rocket strikes targeting Israel.
28 Palestinians killed as Israel strikes another shelter school in Gaza
An Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 Palestinians, including women and children, today, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate putting patients’ lives at risk, medics say.
Reuters reported the strike, in which many more were wounded, happened in the city of Deir Al-Balah, where a million people have taken shelter after fleeing Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of the Strip.
Israel attack on UNIFIL could be war crime – Crosetto
„These are extremely serious violations of the norms of international law, not justified by any military reason.
„There is no justification in saying that the Israeli armed forces had warned UNIFIL that some bases had to be vacated.
„I told the ambassador to tell the Israeli government that the United Nations and Italy cannot take orders from the Israeli government“.
Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to UNIFIL, the mission operating along the Security Council-mandated “Blue Line” of separation between the two countries which they patrol.
At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on U.N. peacekeepers
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said in a statement that its headquarters and positions “have been repeatedly hit” by Israeli forces.
It said an Israeli tank “directly” fired on an observation tower at the force’s headquarters in the town of Naqoura, Lebanon, and that soldiers had attacked a bunker near where peacekeepers were sheltering, damaging vehicles and a communication system. It said an Israeli drone was seen flying to the bunker’s entrance.
CNN witnesses ‘very intense’ bombing in Beirut
CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman reports on intense strikes by Israel in southern Beirut.
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Health Emergency Center: 23 martyrs and 93 wounded as a result of Israeli enemy raids on towns and villages in the south
The Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center issued a statement this morning announcing that Israeli enemy raids on towns and villages in southern Lebanon, Nabatieh, the Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, Mount Lebanon and the North resulted in the martyrdom of 23 people and the injury of 93persons.
Beirut‘s southern suburb suffers ‚heaviest night of attacks‘ with 30 air strikes by Israeli warplanes
Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported on Sunday that the strikes targeted various locations across Beirut’s southern suburbs, resulting in widespread damage and a thick cloud of smoke that covered the area. The air strikes were heard across the capital, Beirut.
Airstrikes pound Beirut suburbs as Israel expands attacks across Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes pummeled Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight, as the Israel Defense Forces said it was striking Hezbollah targets. The bombardment was the heaviest on the densely populated area since tensions escalated last October; photos showed large fires and smoke columns.
Palestinian journalist killed in Israeli bombing after threats to end Gaza coverage
Hamad was reporting on the new Israeli incursion just moments before he was killed.
A colleague with access to his account on X said that Hamad had been sending videos about the assault late into the night.
During their last phone call at 6am (3am GMT), Hamad said: “There they are. There they are. It’s over.”
A few months before his killing, Hamad shared a screenshot with his colleagues of a threatening WhatsApp message he received from an Israeli number.
The message read: “Listen… If you continue spreading lies about Israel, we‘ll come for you next and turn your family into… This is your last warning.”
Israel expands strikes to northern Lebanon as death toll rises
Reporters have limited access to areas most affected by the fighting, and the Israeli military has released few details about how deep the two divisions now deployed in southern Lebanon have advanced. Interviews with local officials and people who have been recently displaced suggest the destruction is widespread; satellite imagery shows that hundreds of buildings have been destroyed.
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon crosses 2030
The Ministry of Health of Lebanon issued a statement and announced the latest statistics of martyrs and wounded in the attacks of the Zionist army on this country from October 8 of last year.
Also, according to the statement of the Lebanese Ministry of Health, 9,653 people have bene wounded in Israeli attack on Lebanon.
Iran Braces for Israeli Attack That Could Change the Middle East Forever
(October 3, 2024)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran‘s longtime supreme leader, has for decades officially banned the production of nuclear weapons. But Israel, which possesses its own semisecret nuclear arsenal, has long accused the country of also clandestinely pursuing weapons of mass destruction.
Israeli drone strike kills one and injures three in central Syria: Report
An Israeli strike targeting a car in the central Syrian city of Hama has killed one person and wounded three others, local radio station Sham FM is reporting.
The Israeli military has yet to comment on the attack.
Israeli army intercepts an Iranian drone over Iraq
The Times of Israel reported that the aircraft, believed to be transporting weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon or Syria, was intercepted over Iraq. Israeli forces reportedly acted on suspicions that the plane was carrying arms intended for the Iran-aligned resistance group.
Israel‘s Channel 13, citing military officials, said the Israeli army is preparing for a potential major operation against Iran. No further details were provided.
Trump says Israel should ‚hit Iran‘s nuclear facilities first‘ days after Biden urges restraint
„Isn‘t that what you‘re supposed to hit? I mean, it‘s the biggest risk we have, nuclear weapons,“ he said.
„When they asked him that question, the answer should have been, hit the nuclear first, and worry about the rest later,“ Trump added.
Israel has given no assurances it won’t target Iran’s nuclear facilities, top State Department official tells CNN
The official added that it is “really hard to tell” if Israel will use the anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attacks to retaliate.
“We hope and expect to see some wisdom as well as strength, but as you guys know, no guarantees,” the official said when asked by CNN if Israel has assured the US that Iran’s nuclear sites are off the table.
LIVE: US, UK & Israel Conduct 14 Airstrikes on Sanaa and Hodeidah Airport in Yemen | Houthi
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Attacco aereo in Yemen: colpito un aeroporto e la capitale
Le forze armate di Stati Uniti e Regno Unito avrebbero attaccato le aree delle città di Sana‘a, Hodeidah e Dhamar, controllate dal movimento filo-iraniano Houthi in Yemen. Lo ha riferito l’emittente yemenita di proprietà degli Houthi «Al Masirah», con sede a Beirut, spiegando che gli attacchi aerei statunitensi e britannici hanno preso di mira l‘aeroporto di Hodeidah, una zona di Sana‘a e il sud della città di Dhamar.
US and UK strike Houthis in Yemen: Report
The US and UK have launched strikes across Yemen, including in the capital city of Sanaa, Dhamar city and Hodeidah airport, according to Houthi-controlled, Al Masirah TV.
Live: Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon, Gaza, occupied West Bank
Israel launches the heaviest air strikes on Beirut so far with dozens reportedly killed across Lebanon over the past day.
At least 18 Palestinians are killed in an Israeli jet fighter attack on the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank with the death toll expected to rise.
Israel strikes main Lebanon-Syria highway after overnight attacks on Beirut and West Bank
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Beirut on Friday, the most senior international official to visit Lebanon since Nasrallah‘s killing. He arrived at Beirut’s airport, where overnight an Israeli strike landed nearby.
Mr Araghchi is confirmed to meet Prime Minister Najib Mikati and speaker of parliament Nabih Berri.
Lebanon says Israeli strike cuts off main road to Syria
Lebanon said an Israeli strike on Friday cut off the main international road to Syria, after Israel said Hezbollah was transporting weapons through the tiny Mediterranean country‘s principal land border crossing.
The strike, which Israel has not commented on, comes after 310,000 people, mostly Syrians, have in recent days fled the war pitting Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon for relative safety in neighbouring Syria.
After deadliest-in-decades airstrike in West Bank, Israel pounds Lebanon-Syria border crossing
According to AFP, the recent Israeli strikes were conducted near Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with Syria. Lebanon Transport Minister Ali Hamieh said that the Israeli authority struck the Lebanese side of the border, cutting off a road used by Lebanese fleeing to Syria.
At least 18 killed in Israeli strike on West Bank refugee camp: Palestinian Health Ministry
The Israeli military earlier said in a statement that it had conducted a strike on Tulkarm, without providing more details.
U.S. crude oil jumps as Biden comments on possible Israel retaliation against Iran
U.S. crude oil prices rose more than 4% on Thursday, on pace for a third consecutive session of gains on fears that Israel could strike Iran‘s oil industry in retaliation for Tehran‘s ballistic missile attack this week.
Oil Price Jumps After Biden Says ‘Discussing’ Israeli Strike on Iranian Facilities
The president was asked about a potential strike on the oil infrastructure of Iran, which accounts for about 2 percent of the world’s supply.
Death toll from Israeli assaults on Lebanon since last Oct. 8 reaches nearly 2,000: Health minister
The Lebanese health minister announced on Wednesday that the death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon has risen to 1,974, with another 9,384 injured since Oct. 8 of last year.
Firas Alabiad said at a press conference in Beirut that the Israeli onslaught has also claimed the lives of 127 children.
Israeli airstrikes have killed 40 staffers of medical and emergency teams, in addition to damaging dozens of healthcare facilities, he added.
In photos: Israeli bombing of Beirut leaves trail of destruction
Smoke rises from buildings hit in an overnight Israeli air strike that targeted Beirut‘s southern suburbs on 3 October 2024
WHO chief says 28 health workers killed by Israel in Lebanon in 24 hours
The director of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference on Thursday that 28 health workers were killed in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours in Lebanon.
„Many (other) health workers are not reporting to duty and fled the areas where they work due to bombardments,“ Ghebreyesus said in an online press briefing. „This is severely limiting the provision of mass trauma management and continuity of health services.“
Dozens of health workers killed in Lebanon over past day, WHO says
WHO‘s representative in Lebanon Dr Abdinasir Abubakar told the briefing that all of the healthcare workers killed in the past day had been on duty, helping with the wounded.
A total of nearly 2,000 people have been killed, including 127 children, and 9,384 injured since the start of Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the last year, the country‘s health ministry said. The WHO said this included 73 healthcare workers.
Israel calls for evacuations from south Lebanon and strikes Beirut suburb
The latest warnings took the number of southern towns subject to evacuation calls to 70 and included the provincial capital Nabatieh, suggesting another Israeli operation that could lead thousands more Lebanese to flee.
Israel Planning Major Attack on Iran
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that the US would work with Israel to ensure Iran faces “severe consequences.” President Biden has also said he is working with Israel on a response but said Wednesday that he wouldn’t support strikes on Iran’s nuclear facility.
“All seven of us agree that they have a right to respond, but they have to respond proportionally,” he said, referring to the Group of Seven nations.
Israel censors reporting on military sites hit by Iran, obscuring extent of damage
Several missiles were also located near the Dead Sea, near where Israeli nuclear facilities are located. It wasn‘t clear whether they were intercepted by Israel or the US, according to the report.
One missile hit in the vicinity of a school in the town of Gedera, with photos of the aftermath showing a massive crater in the ground and major structural damage to the nearby buildings.
Fmr. Defense Secy: Israel will conceivably target Iran‘s nuclear facilities
Fmr. Defense Secy William Cohen joins The Lead
Israel weighs a counterattack after the Iranian missile barrage.
But after Iran fired about 180 missiles in an attack that went on for roughly half an hour, Israel’s challenge was not whether to attack Iran, but how powerfully to respond, said Yaakov Amidror, a retired major general who served as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser.
The only question, General Amidror said, was “how much can we harm them versus their capacity to harm us.” He added he believed that the damage Israel inflicted on Hezbollah had diminished the threat of Iran’s proxies.
Even an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities — long a source of fear for Israel, which worries about Tehran gaining a nuclear weapon — “should be considered,” General Amidror added.