250+ killed in Lebanon with no warning puts ceasefire at risk ■ Israel not finished with Iran ■ Al Jazeera journalist killed in Gaza double-tap ■ One killed in West Bank ■ Israeli gov’t secretly approves record number of new settlements ■ Israel’s popularity dwindles in US
Israel unleashed a vicious assault on Lebanon within minutes of Trump announcing his ceasefire, giving Beirut the Gaza treatment by pelting it with untold numbers of rockets and slaughtering at least 182 people. The campaign, appropriately named Operation Eternal Darkness, hiked Lebanon’s estimated Iran War death toll to well over 1,000. The Israeli government wants to steal Lebanon’s land and portray the theft as “self-defense
There has been no relief for Gaza as wars raged in Iran and Lebanon. Here are three articles on Gaza’s crises – all due to Israel’s unrelenting efforts to deprive the people of their most basic needs.
In the Situation Room, Trump didn’t sit in his usual position at the head of the table. Instead, he sat on one side, facing large wall screens. Netanyahu sat directly opposite, and on the screen behind Netanyahu was the director of Mossad. They convinced Trump to make war on Iran (an Israeli target for over 40 years), even though US experts & Vance disagreed.
Trump considers himself “winner” ■ Gazans face severe shortages of everything ■ extremist Israeli settlers boast about their violence against Palestinians ■ More
More than a month after war erupted in the Middle East following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the IDF is pressing ahead with an offensive on its border that threatens to drive hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Anonymous Trump officials say the war is burning through between $1 billion and $2 billion per day — or roughly $11,500 to $23,000 per second.
An 18-month-old toddler in Gaza was returned by the Israeli army to his family with burn marks and puncture wounds on his legs. Doctors say the wounds are clearly the result of torture while the child was detained with his father.
The president also said that he believes the Kurds took a lot of the weapons
Israeli forces are razing buildings to the ground in Naqoura, the southern Lebanon town that hosts UNIFIL’s headquarters