Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 37 people on Thursday, the country’s Health Ministry said early Friday.
“The Israeli enemy’s raids in the past 24 hours on towns and villages in southern Lebanon, Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, Mount Lebanon, and the capital Beirut resulted in a total death toll of 37 people and 151 injuries,” the ministry wrote on X, just after midnight Beirut time.
The World Health Organization said Thursday that 28 healthcare workers had been killed over the past day as Israel is increasingly targeting medical facilities. “Many health workers are not reporting to duty and fled the areas where they work due to bombardments,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
One Israeli strike on Thursday targeted a building in central Beirut that was used by the Islamic Health Authority, a medical organization overseen by Hezbollah. A total of nine people were killed in the strike, including seven Health Authority workers. Lebanon’s National News Agency said Israel used white phosphorus, which can burn flesh to the bone and is prohibited from use as a weapon under international law.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said that Israeli strikes in Lebanon have hit nine hospitals and 49 healthcare centers. “International laws are clear in protecting these people — I mean, paramedics,” he said, according to The Associated Press. “Who gave Israel the right to be the judge and the executioner at the same time?”
Israel ordered the evacuation of 20 towns and villages on Thursday and told residents to leave the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, signaling the Israeli military will be expanding its assault in those areas. Al Jazeera reported that Israel has bombed one of the roads that is part of an evacuation route for people from south Lebanon three times.
Early Friday, extremely heavy Israeli airstrikes were reported in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Reports said they were bigger than the massive strikes that killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah last week.
Ground fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli troops continued in southern Lebanon on Thursday. Another Israeli soldier was killed, bringing the confirmed IDF death toll in the ground fighting to nine. Israeli troops also shot and killed a member of the Lebanese military.
'Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said that Israeli strikes in Lebanon have hit nine hospitals and 49 healthcare centers. “International laws are clear in protecting these people — I mean, paramedics,” he said, according to The Associated Press. “Who gave Israel the right to be the judge and the executioner at the same time?” '
SHAMEFUL!!! Just plain SHAMEFUL!!!
Israel will use the same rules of engagement they are using in Gaza. Hezbollah is everywhere so every square inch and every human being is fair game. Of course, anyone using the same rules of engagement will be designated as terrorists.
It is important to keep in mind that the Israelis aren't paying for this escalation of the War into Lebanon, the American people are paying for it. Kamala Harris and Joe signed off on an additional $8.7 BILLION aid package for Israel last week. Where is the incentive for the Netanyahoo regime to negotiate a peace settlement with their Arab and Muslim neighbors as long as they have the Biden-Harris regime and the DC Uniparty enabling them by rewarding unending War?
Although it is difficult to separate who is ruling who, it’s so intertwined, the Zionist oligarchs who buy the US government or the US empire using Zionistic zealotry for proxy war imperialism goals of expansion in the ME, I’m developing a new hypothesis in my head.
Is part of Israel’s malign and destructive force an intentional precursor to bleeding the US dry, to become, itself, the new empire? Maybe this is dumb, but the US is feeding it and feeding it, to its own detriment.
Yes,this situation is terrible and sad.On Oct 9,Hez begain a year long campaign of firing missiles into Israel. Let them stop firing missiles,and end this slaughter.
Yes, more than the equivalent of the TNT in the atom bombs dropped on Japan. And they got those bombs from the US. Plus, they told Israelis to move from one "safe" place to another and bombed those areas too. Of course, they claimed the IDF was using starving refugees as human shields. And speaking of starving, they withheld humanitarian aid and medical supplies from entering Israel causing a man-made famine. They destroyed their medical installations, leveled entire neighborhoods and displaced over 90% of the population. They bulldozed human beings into the ground. They kicked dead Israel's off of rooftops. They tortured IDF prisoners by sticking electrified steel rods up their rectums. And what's really sad is that the majority of their population thought killing mainly women and children was proper and "just". But hey, that's why we call them TERRORISTS. Oh wait, that's what Israel did to Gaza. My mistake.
Hamas could have simply released the hostages and ended the war.
At what point after the attack of Oct 7th would Israel have made that deal? Their response was immediate. The vehicles that were heading back to Gaza with hostages in them were being shelled by the IDF. They weren't going to stop their slaughter no matter if Hamas had released the hostages the very next day. Israel had their big body count and there was no deal that would have changed what was to come. And that continues to this very day.
The IDF could have simply released all of the prisoners in their dungeons in exchange for the prisoners HAMAS had.
Those who did not have blood on their hands should have been released,as well as all Israli citizens. How would we react in the US if some criminals took hostages to secure release of some murderous prisoner.
Hopefully not the way Israel has reacted.
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Cat is out of the bag! US leading Israel from rear while all long, Biden pretended he's weak, helpless vis-a-vis Netanyahu! What travesty of truth being played out in geopolitics of Middle East! US wants to dominate East Mediterranean & Black Sea! Erodgan had better watch out!
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BREAKING: White House now pushing for regime change in Lebanon, officials say they want to take advantage of Israel's attacks on Hezbollah leadership.
Can you see what's going on yet?
https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/605250-iran-ballistic-missile-attack-alastair-crooke/