Israeli leaders appear determined to move up the escalation ladder and pursue a Gaza-like campaign in Lebanon. All indications point to a new and brutal type of war in Lebanon — featuring attacks “unlike anything we’ve seen before” in the country, a war that could drag on even if the war in Iran comes to a close.
While Israel continues to maim people in Gaza, it severely restricts the entry of assistive products, including prosthetics, into the Strip, classifying them as “dual-use” items, ostensibly meaning they can have both civilian and military applications.
Israeli legislator Yitzhak Kroizer of Ben-Gvir’s far-right party made the remarks in the Knesset after a Palestinian family was gunned down in the West Bank; MK Ayman Odeh filed an ethics complaint, saying ‘everywhere there are innocent people, Israelis and Palestinians’
Neither the US nor Israel acknowledges that Israel has a nuclear arsenal (but it does)
News today about troops deploying from 82nd Airborne division raises the stakes, with some pointing out there has been no clear strategy for using them
Latest Iran war news, including Hegseth rant ■ Lebanon news ■ Gaza’s new “border” ■ West Bank deaths, ethnic cleansing ■ More
Israel’s strangulation of the West Bank is collapsing every system of Palestinian well-being, enforcing a mandate of expulsion, and stripping Palestinians of their rights.
Latest on Iran: US troops, Strait of Hormuz, Iranian casualties ■ Lebanon: Israel plans to occupy (or annex?), “Gaza playbook” ■ Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya ■ Israel is “strangling,” “erasing” West Bank ■ Gavin Newsom’s retraction ■ More
Around 1,400 patients out of 20,000 have died since 7th May 2024, when Israel siezed control of the Rafah crossing
Israel is not only killing Palestinians – it is systematically killing those who try to save them. The message is clear: If the medical community tries to help, it will be extinguished.