At least 40 were killed and dozens wounded today as Israel carried out multiple airstrikes against different civilian targets in the major eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek.
The larger of the two strikes targeted the Baalbek Civil Defense Center, which was the main area in which rescue workers organize in the city. The death toll is not finalized, but at least 15 rescue workers were among the slain.
This has been a recurring problem with Israeli strikes against Lebanon, as they have killed a disproportionately large numbers of paramedics and other rescue workers, whether by attacking medical centers or hitting rescue workers as they attempt to pull people from previous strikes. Just today, a separate Israeli attack on the southern village of Arabsalim killed six, including five paramedics.
Earlier in the day, Israel attacked a two-storey residential building in the al-Shaab neighborhood. Nine people have been reported killed in that strike, and the number wounded has risen throughout the day, up to 27.
Baalbek is covered by an evacuation order by Israel, and has been for weeks. A lot of people have fled, but with Israeli attacks hitting even areas outside of evacuation zones regularly, many people decided it was simpler to just stay in place.
Baalbek and the surround Bekaa Valley are regular targets for Israel, as it is a strongly Shi’ite area. That, along with the south area near the Israeli border, have seen the most airstrikes in the ongoing war, though Israel has attacked most areas, no matter how far from any seemingly relevant targets.
Aye una mujer desaparecidos….
Israel desaparecerá pronto y yo estaré feliz.
Books are yet to be written on this new urban warfare strategy. It in fact is not so new in the usage of airforce to destroy cities. This has been done extensively in WWII. However, the major difference is the absence of a global conflagration today. The whole body of legal framework has been out in place precisely to prevent the inhumanity of WWII.
The difference is also in the extent of a precise articulation of genocidal intent, nethods and execution.
Many are today in jail for their role in leadership positions, their statements that implies open season on destruction of enemy population. Courts in Hague have given lengthy sentences to leaders in civil wars in both former Yugoslavia and Rwanda not so much for advocating destruction of undesirable humans — but for not preventing it.
We are legally in an uncharted territory.
I would not count on anyone holding the current genociders accountable. The last time anyone made the federal government feel consequences for it's actions was over thirty years ago. And people are way more cucked today than they were then.