Israel Uses Yesterday's Stupid Propaganda to Justify Blowing Up Apartment Buildings in Lebanon

What did I tell you? This is just plain vile.

Iran condemns Beirut strikes, labels them war crimes

from al Mayadeen English

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi affirmed Saturday that the Israeli aggression on the southern suburbs of Beirut constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity.

He also expressed his sympathy with Lebanon's government and people in the face of what he termed a "heinous war crime."

Furthermore, Araghchi highlighted that the recent aggression underscores "the Zionist entity's role as the most significant threat to both regional and international peace and security."

He reaffirmed Iran's commitment to supporting the Lebanese people and the broader Axis of Resistance, signaling solidarity in the face of ongoing aggression...

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Families flee to Beirut’s seafront to escape devastating Israeli attacks

from al Jazeera

Normally at about 1am on a Saturday morning, parking is easy to find at Ramlet el-Bayda on Beirut’s seafront.

On this Saturday morning, however, cars were bumper to bumper on both sides of the road. Many were double parked and more kept arriving, as people continued to flee the devastating waves of Israeli attacks on southern parts of Lebanon’s capital.

Earlier that evening, the Israeli military levelled a block of buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, killing at least six and wounding another 91. The death toll is likely to rise further.

Israel claimed the intended target was a central Hezbollah headquarters and that Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed. Hezbollah has yet to issue a statement on his fate.

On the seafront, people laid down mattresses on the pavement or towels down on the beach. Further along the sand, some set up plastic chairs facing the water or sat around tables drinking coffee or smoking argileh pipes. Groups of children ran around and played.

Some people said they would spend the night here, while others said they were unsure. They didn’t think that far ahead, they just knew they had to escape Beirut’s southern suburbs...

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Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon

from RT

Israel’s actions in Lebanon only create a “spiral of violence” and risk plunging the entire Middle East into a new bloody conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a UN Security Council meeting on Friday. Moscow “resolutely condemns” the Israeli attacks and seeks to de-escalate the situation, he added.

Lavrov’s words came as the Israel Defense Force launched a massive airstrike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital of Beirut. West Jerusalem stated that its operation had targeted the main headquarters of Hezbollah – the Lebanon-based Shia militia – located beneath a civilian neighborhood. On Saturday, Israel also claimed that the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, had been killed in the attack. Several media outlets had previously reported that he had survived.

Israel’s strikes “blatantly violate the sovereignty of… Lebanon,” Lavrov said in his remarks. “Indiscriminate attacks that lead to civilian casualties are absolutely unacceptable.” The Russian minister also called for an “immediately stop” to the “spiral of violence” before the situation gets out of hand. He also stated that Israel would not be able to achieve its stated goals with such attacks.

“The path of war chosen by the West Jerusalem will not help it bring internally displaced people to the north of the country and will not bring security to the Israeli-Lebanese border area,” he said, adding that Israel failed to achieve its goals in the 2006 Lebanon war despite using “cutting-edge equipment and weapons.”...

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Profile: How Nasrallah rose through ranks to become Axis of Resistance backbone

from PressTV

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, a visionary leader and a backbone of the Axis of Resistance, was assassinated in a massive Israeli attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday.

Israeli airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood, the main stronghold of Hezbollah in southern Beirut, leveled several residential buildings, with hundreds of civilians, including children, feared dead.

In a statement on Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed the martyrdom of Nasrallah, describing him as “an outstanding, courageous, wise, and insightful leader”, who joined his “great and immortal martyr comrades.”

“The leadership of Hezbollah vows to the highest, most sacred, and dearest martyr in our journey filled with sacrifices and martyrs to continue its struggle against the enemy, supporting Gaza and Palestine, and defending Lebanon and its steadfast, honorable people,” read the statement.

The Israeli regime has intensified its aggression against Lebanon since last week, which has led to the killing of more than 720 people, including dozens of women and children, since Monday.

The recent escalation came after nearly a year of Hezbollah operations in solidarity with the Palestinian nation and the Palestinian resistance as the death toll in Gaza has crossed the 41,500 mark...

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Hezbollah Confirms Leader’s Death in Israeli Airstrike

 (Bibi wanted all out war. Now he got it. And all they had to do was make up lies about rockets in kitchens and kill hundreds of civilians just so they could murder Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah. Hezbollah had, 2 days ago, signaled they would agree to a cease-fire with Israel a deal crafted by the U.S., Egypt and others. Israel ignored the offer, crafted lies about rockets in kitchens and then proceeded to murder the beloved leader of Hezbollah so there would be no cease-fire.)

from the NYT

Hezbollah on Saturday confirmed that Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, had been killed after Israeli airstrikes slammed into the area housing its underground headquarters near Beirut, a stunning escalation of Israel’s campaign against the Iran-backed militia.

The killing of Mr. Nasrallah, a towering figure among anti-Israel forces across the Middle East and beyond, struck a tremendous blow to Hezbollah, ending an era in the Lebanese group’s decades-old fight with Israel and raising questions about its future. Mr. Nasrallah played multiple roles in the lives of Hezbollah’s members, serving at once as a religious guide, political strategist and commander-in-chief...

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Nasrallah: Israeli atrocities in Gaza awakened human conscience in West

from PressTV

The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has strongly denounced the Israeli regime’s onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the brutal aggression has awakened human conscience in the West.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks at Sayyed al-Shuhada Complex in Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh neighborhood on Sunday evening.

He was addressing mourners on the second night of the Islamic lunar calendar month of Muharram, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him).

“The appalling and unprecedented crimes being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza have awakened human conscience in the West. Those who close their eyes to the unfolding crimes in Gaza have a stern and cruel nature,” Nasrallah noted...

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