Israeli attacks continue to escalate across Lebanon, with air strikes targeting not just military targets, but also hitting residential neighborhoods. Today, two missiles struck a house in the densely populated al-Nabi An’am neighborhood of Baalbek, a major city in eastern Lebanon.
The strike killed six members of the Othman family, all women and children, and wounded at least eight other civilians. There was no indication that anything other than the civilian house was hit.
Israel, as is increasingly the case, offered no comments on the matter. Recent strikes have been presented as targeting Hezbollah, especially attacks on civilian neighborhoods. But there was no suggestion any Hezbollah were in the al-Nabi An’am area at the time.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry confirmed the incident, saying the strike killed six civilians, “including a child.” The state-run National News Agency also added that the house belonged to Ali Abdo Othman.
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, begun last month, initially centered on southern Lebanon, but in recent weeks has been been hitting the capital city of Beirut and other major cities across the country. This includes attacking civilian targets in the majority Christian north.
The result is a growing number of civilian casualties, and over a million people displaced, with large numbers fleeing into neighboring Syria and ultimately going to Iraq.
Iran has no reason to wait to be attacked again. At this point only they can take necessary anti-genocidal action.
They have a Responsibility 2 Protect.
Israel is the school shooter of militaries: whenever they fight anyone who shoots back they crap their pants and die. So they attack women and children instead.
The relatives of 17,000 dead Hamas fighters will disagree with your comment.
You're a liar, and this is rapidly becoming common knowledge here.
Everything you say is evidently not true, not evidently true, or dishonest opinioneering masquerading as "insightful counterpoint".
Israel could kill every last Hamas member, and it still won't justify what they have done and continue to do in Gaza. And before they even engaged Hamas, they had dropped 25,000 tons of bombs on 141 sq. miles packed with a majority of women and children. Such bravery.
Are there any videos of these 17,000 dead? Hamas is always making videos of their operations.
I never said they couldn't pulverize people from the sky. By the law of averages, some of them will end up being Hamas (especially when "Hamas" gets defined as any male between the age of 15 and 55). But when it comes to actual ground combat . . .
The title should read,
"US-backed Israel Kills Six Women and Children…"
Precisely, as Caitlin Johnstone continually points out. It's always Iranian backed Houthi's or Iranian backed Hezbollah but NEVER US backed Israel.
Maybe the MSM writers are paid by the LENGTH of a word. (Iranian) > (US)