Considered an icon of resistance against Israel and one of the most influential political figures in the Arab world, Hasan Nasrallah was killed by a massive Israeli airstrike that leveled an entire residential block in Beirut’s Dahiya district.
Israel’s mass terror attack in Lebanon that led to the death and maiming of hundreds of civilians also served as a playbook for how Israel seeks to justify its war crimes. But as the attack’s aftermath showed, these tricks are beginning to fail.
Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations on Friday, vowing to continue waging war on Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli media reports the Israeli Prime Minister ordered massive strikes on Beirut just before giving the speech.
Israel completely flattened at least six residential buildings in Beirut’s southern Dahiya district with 2000-pound bombs amid claims that Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah was the target.
Abdaljawad Omar speaks to Mondoweiss about how the recent escalation of fighting between Israel and the Lebanese resistance is connected to the ongoing genocide in Gaza since October 7.
As Israel intensified its deadly attacks on Lebanon, the U.S. moved more troops to the Middle East. The move shows Joe Biden’s priority is not to avoid escalation but to ensure that Israel has full impunity.
As Israel expands bombing in Lebanon, Hezbollah rockets have reached reached Akka, Haifa, Tiberias, and the lower Galilee. Meanwhile, in Gaza, Israel returned a truckload of decomposing bodies without identification that it had abducted from Gaza.
Israel’s intensifying bombardment of Lebanon has killed at least 274 people so far, while Hezbollah retaliates with rockets across Israel. The Israeli army also raided and forcibly shut down the Ramallah office of Al Jazeera.
Hezbollah launched a barrage of at least 115 rockets against Israeli targets in retaliation for Israel’s pager and electronics explosion attacks across Lebanon and following the assassination of top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut.
Israel bombed a residential building in Beirut’s southern Dahiya district on Friday killing nine, including five children, and wounding 59. Reports indicate the strike targeted Ibrahim Aqil, one of Hezbollah’s top military commanders.