Israel Bombs World Heritage Site in Lebanon, Threatens Major Hospital
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Israel is escalating its bombardment of Lebanon, leveling numerous buildings, including the offices of Lebanese news station Al Mayadeen. The Israeli military has also attacked the ancient city of Tyre, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, and killed three Lebanese soldiers in a strike in southern Lebanon, all while continuing to defy international calls for a ceasefire. “What we’re seeing is a complete degeneration into a war that has no rules, that respects no international conventions. There’s one side in this war that has complete impunity,” says Lebanese sociologist Rima Majed in Beirut. “Israel is targeting civilians in most cases. … This is just terrorism.”
  • ChocoboRocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    28 days ago

    This will blow back way harder on Israel than America.

    Ignoring all politics, logistically this war is a rounding error in the Pentagon’s budget. America can and often does absolutely anything it wants to anyone at any point in time - and the only thing stopping it is how it feels about a subject at any given moment.

    Israel is tiny and surrounded by enemies who they are pissing off.

    For the record I am entirely opposed to Israel committing genocide and America funding it.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      28 days ago

      Yeah I’m not sure people realize how bad this is for long term American interests in the area. The Saudis and the Iranians are actually talking to each other again.

    • sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      28 days ago

      This will blow back way harder on Israel than America.

      I dont think the US will walk away from this free of any consequences at all. The chickens will come home to roost. You dont kill that many people and leave that many affected victims and just saunter off into the sunset with no consequences whatsoever.

    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      27 days ago

      Israel is the market leader in hacking and spying tools such as Pegasus. These are used for ethical purposes such as chopping journalists reporting negatively on Saudi Arabia in pieces. There is no reason to doubt their credibility.