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The bombardment has not stopped. Every minute there are shells, rockets and fire on the buildings and everything that moves
Areej Nasr, 35, told AFP after fleeing from Jabalia camp to Gaza City on Thursday So from a military perspective, this is not an accidental act,
said Clancy, whose country has troops in UNIFIL We call on medical teams to avoid contact with Hezbollah members and not to cooperate with them,
It's like in Japan 80 years ago,
Toshiyuki Mimaki said in Tokyo We want the whole conflict to end,
he told Lebanese television channel LBC from Washington Do they want to tell us there is no safe place left in this country?"
The use of these weapons in densely populated areas, like this one, places civilians and civilian objects in the immediate area at grave risk of immediate and lasting harm,
The bolt pattern, its position and the shape of the of the remnant are consistent with the tail fin of a US-made, JDAM, guidance kit for Mk80 series air-dropped munitions,
said Richard Weir, a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s crisis, conflict and arms division, was quoted as saying by The Guardian In the weeks since Israel escalated its attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Lebanese government has asserted more control over the airport, and now there is no cash flow to Hezbollah,
These Lebanese bankers, most of them billionaires, see the wind is blowing against Hezbollah, so they are not going to let it take millions of dollars out of their banks, which still have cash despite being bankrupt on paper,
I’ve heard from my Israeli counterparts that the Iranians are scared to send money to Lebanon right now because Israel is threatening to target flights into Beirut. The Israelis are warning they will target flights full of money, not just weapons,
I’m hearing from Lebanese bankers, including Hezbollah financiers, that Lebanon’s wealthiest bankers who can afford to fly have fled to Europe and the Gulf, fearing they could be targeted next by Israel for helping Hezbollah,
said Asher, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Hudson Institute Hezbollah is facing a very serious financial problem. They are unable to pay rank and file members who have fled their homes and need to feed their families,
Keeping up the fight depends more on the availability of food and ammunition,
This strike is painful not just for him and his loved ones, but to everyone that he helped and served. This place was supposed to be safe,
Many people who had fled southern Lebanon had found shelter here, and it’s just becoming re-traumatising, unpredictable and dangerous,
Should we live under the trees?"
asked Tarek, whose brother was killed in one of the strikes this week The killing, destruction, as well as bellicose posturing by those in positions of power, must end,
We are appalled by sweeping inflammatory language on multiple sides,
UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told a media briefing in Geneva This kind of toxic rhetoric, from any source, must stop,