Article link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/18/lebanon-civil-defence-reels-after-deadly-israeli-strikeArticle source: The Guardian/ William Christou,19.11.20248211
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The Israeli army will “not take its foot off the pedal” until Hezbollah has been disarmed, the new defence minister has said in an apparent expansion of the country’s war aims in Lebanon. Speaking to soldiers on the northern border, Israel Katz, who replaced the sacked Yoav Gallant last week, ruled out a ceasefire despite […]
Read MoreIsraeli strike on Syria-Lebanon crossing ‘puts at risk main lifeline for people to escape conflict’, warns UN
More than half a million people, mostly Syrians, had crossed into Syrian territory since Israel began heavily striking Lebanon late last month, according to figures by the Lebanese authorities on Friday. A statement from the country’s disaster management unit stated that since 23 September, Lebanon has “recorded the crossing of 348,237 Syrian citizens and 156,505 […]
Read MoreIsraeli war crimes and crimes against humanity “extreme under any circumstances”
“The events since October 7 have been absolutely overwhelming. And that means they are overwhelming for everybody, but particularly for the people who are experiencing them, those who are suffering. The victims. It’s regularly said that October 7 represented the greatest killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust. And that’s correct. What’s said less frequently […]
Read MoreIsraeli strike kills journalists in southern Lebanon
An Israeli strike killed has three journalists in south Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says, and the UN refugee agency warns Israeli airstrikes on a border crossing with Syria were hindering refugees trying to flee the war. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was an urgency to get a diplomatic resolution to […]
Read MoreBrutal home truths for those marching in support of Palestinians
“This is not the end of the war … it is the beginning of the end,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the killing of Yahya Sinwar last week. So, where and when did this all begin? Oddly, it started in Moscow in 1964. When will it end? It won’t, because it can’t. The […]
Read MoreHow Hezbollah is hitting back after being pummelled by Israel
After suffering a series of punishing blows by Israel, Hezbollah is fighting back, launching ambushes on Israeli troops in Lebanon and ratcheting up drone and missile strikes deeper into Israel. The attacks show that Hezbollah, though weakened by Israeli strikes that have killed a generation of its top leaders and destroyed some of its weapons, […]
Read MoreHow the Human Rights Commission went to war with itself
The Australian Human Rights Commission has been under siege from within and without as it struggles to take a neutral stance on the conflict in Gaza. Six days. That’s how long it took for the Australian Human Rights Commission to make its first statement about Hamas’ October 7 assault on Israel that killed 1200 people […]
Read MoreUS warns against protracted Israeli campaign in Lebanon, pushes for Gaza ceasefire
Doha/Beirut/Paris: The United States does not want a protracted Israeli campaign in Lebanon, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as efforts got under way to hold fresh talks over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. A month into Israel’s military onslaught against the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, Blinken said he hoped Iran was […]
Read MoreTaxpayers pay for Gaza protesters’ office vandalism
Anti-Israel protesters have cost taxpayers at least $118,000 by vandalising federal offices over the war in the Middle East, with a single Jewish MP suffering an overwhelming share of the damage. Labor MP Josh Burns, whose grandmother fled Nazi Germany, was targeted by attacks that cost at least $89,300. Vandals lit fires, smashed windows and […]
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