Shortly after a Hezbollah drone struck a military base in northern Israel, killing at least four IDF soldiers and injuring 60, the Israeli military carried out a bombing outside Deir al-Balah in central Gaza targeting a tent camp for displaced Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed Washington last week that the IDF will not target Iranian oil fields or nuclear facilities—but it will carry out strikes on military targets sometime before the U.S. presidential election on 5 November.
The death toll across Lebanon surpassed 2,300 and nearly 10,800 people have been injured since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023.
As Israel increases its attacks on Lebanon, it simultaneously has increased its bombing campaign in Gaza, pushing the death toll up to 42,200, with 98,500 wounded and 11,000 missing. Experts say reconstruction of the enclave could take decades.
The Israeli Defense Forces escalated its invasion of Lebanon last week as it sent thousands of more troops into southern Lebanon—bringing the number to more than 20,000 as its air force continues to bomb the region into ruin and kill over 2,000 innocent civilians.
The IDF continued its relentless bombing campaign across Gaza last week as much of the world focused on Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon and the possibility of an all-out war with Iran.
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Iranian parliament speaker, told reporters last week that Tehran stands ready to continue its support for the resistance movement amid Israel’s regional punishment campaign in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon.
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attack and questions remain unanswered on how a rag-tag group of Hamas fighters managed to break through one of the most fortified and surveyed countries on Earth.
Matthew Brodsky, a senior fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy and a former White House adviser, was suspended from X last week after calling on Israel to “carpet bomb” Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon.
U.S. President Joe Biden raised no objections about Israel’s bombing campaign and limited invasion of Lebanon during a phone call last week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—proving, once again, that the IDF can kill and bomb whoever it wants and will have Washington’s complete support.