The UN special coordinator for Lebanon said in a statement released Saturday that his office is deeply concerned about the “scale of detonations and demolitions taking place in south Lebanon,” which is being committed by occupying IDF troops under the auspices of rooting out Hezbollah infrastructure.
Israel has killed at least 73,333 Palestinians and wounded another 174,023 since the start of its genocidal war in Gaza in October 2023.
The West Bank saw one of its most violent days in the past year on Friday in a shooting that left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead when so-called settlers attacked a village, The New York Times reported, citing Palestinian officials.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday to discuss developments in the Iran War, and the White House called the meeting “positive and productive.”
The IDF last week ordered the eviction of residents in a town north of East Jerusalem as Tel Aviv continued to extend its reach into the occupied territories.
Brad Parscale, who headed President Donald Trump’s digital effort during the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, and his company were hired in September by an ad agency to promote Israel and its interests inside the U.S., Time magazine reported last week.
Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, said last week that he is “deeply alarmed” by Tel Aviv’s effort to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank.
A newly released poll found a deep divide among Jewish Americans when it comes to their opinions about the genocide in Gaza, and their personal devotion to their religion tends to play an important role in their feelings about the country’s actions.
The Israeli military made good on Tel Aviv’s promise not to respect the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the U.S. and Iran, and, instead of withdrawing forces from Lebanon, gave orders for troops to head deeper into the country while carrying out new bombings along the way.
Israel ramped up its attacks in southern Lebanon last week and showed no signs of withdrawing, despite claims from the Trump White House that progress had been made in the country.