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The backing and active participation of elected officials in riots at IDF bases, along with harsh statements against senior IDF officers, is a very serious and dangerous phenomenon that harms security, social cohesion, and Israel’s image in the eyes of the world,
In essence, soldiers are in open rebellion for the right to rape prisoners, and more and more coalition politicians are joining them,
posted leftist Israeli journalist Haggai Matar The situation there is more horrific than anything we’ve heard about Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo,
Khaled Mahajneh, the first lawyer to visit detainees at Sde Teiman, told +972 magazine, an Israeli publication, last month In the past it could still be said that they were a handful or a minority, but today they are the government, they are the law, they are the face of Israel,
Israeli journalist Oren Ziv wrote I’m calling on the chief military prosecutor, get your hands off the reservists,
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, wrote on social media We do not believe that an all-out war is inevitable,
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a news briefing Hopefully any response will be proportionate and will not be more than that, so that this wave of killing, hitting and shelling will stop,
The Israeli enemy has committed a great stupid act in size, timing and circumstances by targeting an entirely civilian area,
Hezbollah official Ali Ammar told Al-Manar TV It looked like a strike from a drone and not a jet,
Noureddine told the near the site of the attack Israel is approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah,
the Israeli military said at the time Local sources reported that the raid in the Haret Hreik area was carried out by a drone and 3 missiles were fired,
Lebanon was bracing for this response, but earlier today, a high-ranking Hezbollah official said that no matter what kind of strike Israel carries out, Hezbollah will respond,
Hezbollah crossed the red line."
Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant put out his own statement on X, saying The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians,
the Israeli military said Israel has struck the Beirut southern suburb,
the source said, requesting anonymity, with witnesses telling AFP We remain concerned about the potential of this escalating into a full fight. And I don't believe that a fight is inevitable,
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Certainly that's not a scenario that we'd like to see occur,
If Israel is attacked.. we will help to help Israel defend itself. We've been clear about that from the very beginning, but again, we don't want to see that happen,
The headline and subheadline that accompanied a July 29 Page One photo and article about Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon did not provide adequate context. The headlines should have noted that the Israeli strikes were a response to a rocket strike from Lebanon that killed 12 teenagers and children in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. The photo depicted mourning for one of those victims, as the caption noted,
If you saw this photo and read the headline, you'd naturally think that Israel was responsible for the death of 12 innocent Druze children on a soccer field,
Newsweek contributor Joel M. Petlin said