Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that Israeli attacks on Lebanon killed 22 people and wounded 80 in the previous 24-hour period as Israeli strikes continued to pound the country.
Strikes on Wednesday included an attack on the southern village of Derdghaiya, which killed five rescue workers. Lebanon’s state civil defense agency said they “were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted the civil defense center in the village of Derdghaiya as they were inside on the alert to receive emergency calls.”
Israel has repeatedly targeted Lebanese first responders over the past year. Ten firefighters were killed by Israeli strikes on Monday, bringing the total number of rescue workers Israel has killed in Lebanon since last October to over 100.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said that the latest violence has brought the total number of people killed in Lebanon since October 8, 2023, to 2,141 and the number of wounded to 10,099. At least 1,323 people, including over 100 children and many other civilians, have been killed since September 23.
Also on Wednesday, Hezbollah fired at least 150 rockets into northern Israel and killed two Israeli civilians in the northern town of Kiryat Shmona. The incident marked the first time Israeli civilians were killed by a Hezbollah attack since early August when an errant Israeli interceptor struck a student.
Hezbollah has been able to step up its rocket attacks on Israel despite the massive Israeli bombardment in Lebanon, and invading Israeli troops have faced stiff resistance on the ground. It’s estimated that 15,000 Israeli troops have entered southern Lebanon.
The US initially claimed it sought a ceasefire in Lebanon but now opposes the idea and has expressed strong public support for Israel’s military operations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened Lebanon would face the same destruction as Gaza if the Lebanese people don’t “free” the country from Hezbollah.
Descendant of Romans claims a house in Bath England. (Illuminating sarcasm)
https://x.com/CerveauxNon/status/1842830960422777229?s=08
Re-upping:
DD Geopolitics ~ @DD_Geopolitics
• Grayzone Journalist KIDNAPPED by IDF, Remains in
Custody
via Wyatt Reed on Telegram:
It's been over 24 hours since The Grayzone's Jeremy Lofredo, along with three other journalists, was brutally beaten, kidnapped, blindfolded, and dragged to an Israeli military base.
While the others have been released, Lofredo is still being held in Israeli custody, his phone seized by the occupying forces.
This blatant act of repression against journalists must be condemned. More details to follow.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1844018585381052686
Kit Klarenberg ~ ~ ~ W W @KitKlarenberg
16h
For every righteous person demanding answers from the State Department @LoffredoJeremy's incarceration in an Israeli dungeon for the crime of factual reporting on genocide, be aware callers are being directed to the US embassy in Israel.
Number: +01197226304000
Oct 9, 2024 • 9:44 PM UTC
RMKIth @Bonesong22
8h
Replying to @KitKlarenberg @MaxBlumenthal @loffredojeremy
I just called the US Embassy in Israel and was rather snippily directed to either call the IDF (LOL!) or send an email to the Embassy's American Citizen Services –
JerusalemACS@ http://state.gov . I did the latter. Perhaps we can all flood this office with emails.
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Kit Klarenberg V V
No perhaps about it
https://x.com/KitKlarenberg/status/1844131906931360187
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened Lebanon would face the same destruction as Gaza if the Lebanese people don’t “free” the country from Hezbollah.
Knowing full fucking well that that isn't going to happen even if the people of Lebanon wanted to be free of Hezbollah. But carry on. The US isn't even pretending to be "frustrated" or "livid".
The US initially claimed it sought a ceasefire in Lebanon but now opposes the idea and has expressed strong public support for Israel’s military operations.