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August 22, 2024

Israel and Hezbollah Continue Cross-Border Fighting Amid Fears of a Broader Conflict

Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange cross-border fire Wednesday,
with Israel targeting multiple areas across southern Lebanon and
Hezbollah blasting over 50 rockets and a swarm of drones in the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel also killed a senior member of
Palestine's Fatah movement in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon,
claiming Khalil al-Maqdah has orchestrated attacks on Israeli forces in
the West Bank. The Fatah party accused Israel of seeking to "ignite a
regional war."
Meanwhile, President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu Wednesday, and a second U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham
Lincoln, arrived in the Middle East Wednesday as the U.S. bolsters
forces in the region.

#israel #hezbollah #lebanon #golan-heights #sidon #fatah #democracy-now

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"No one likes each other in the 21st century..." (Music for evenings, in a way.)

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#music for nights #lebanon hanover #post punk

Unconfirmed: ziran is preparing it's most advanced missiles with ability to carry up to 80 bombs or up to 1500kg payload to retaliate against Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

The head of IRGC missile division said in an interview that "our April response was to sho that we CAN attack israel" but the incoming attacks will be to destroy and " teach a lesson", even if it means an all out war with Israel and their supporters, no matter who they are".

Bident, with his puppets in Jordan and Saudi Arabia have already said they will not allow their airspace to be used to attack Israel, despite the fact they have absolutely no problem allowing Israeli, American and British war planes use them to bomb Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

This is a major escalation with unpredictable consequences.

Sadly Biden os hell bent to support and protect genocidal maniac Netanyahu and his war criminal army at all cost, so does UK, Jordan and other puppet regimes in the region.

#Iran #Missiles #Israel #US #Jordan #SaudiArabia #Genocide #Syria #Yemen #Lebanon

CDU-Politiker Kiesewetter: „Wir sollten vorbereitet sein“

CDU-Politiker - Bundeswehr für möglichen Einsatz in Nahost vorbereiten

Roderich Kiesewetter plädiert für eine militärische Unterstützung Israels, um im Falle einer sich weiter zuspitzenden Lage schnell agieren zu könne.#Israel #Nah-Ost-Konflikt #RoderichKiesewetter #Nahost #GAZA #Huthi #Iran #Lebanon #Militär #Krieg
CDU-Politiker Kiesewetter: „Wir sollten vorbereitet sein“

Power USA stands for freedom, and we come to the aid of a friend - Jackson Brown (Lives in the Balance)

#Israel #US #Genocide #Iran #Yemen #Gaza #Lebanon #Politics

Jackson Browne – Lives in the Balance

[Verse 1] / I've been waiting for something to happen / For a week or a month or a year / With the blood in the ink of the headlines / And the sound of the crowd in my ear / You

#GenocideJoe is there to support Israel to commit genocide and war crimes uninterrupted and in peace

#Iarael #Netanyahu #Genocide #WarCriminals sGaza #Iran #Lebanon

It seems like most commercial planes avoiding Israeli, Lebanese and Syrian airspace

#Israel #Aviation #Lebanon #Syria #Iraq

#Islamic_Resistance in #Lebanon issues a statement announcing the death of the great jihadist leader, Mr. #Fouad_Shokr "Sayyed Mohsen", as a great martyr on the road to #Jerusalem, who was martyred as a result of the #Israeli attack on the southern suburb of #Beirut. Learn about the martyr's biography

The aftermath of the Israeli airstrike targeting a residential complex in the Al-Hriek area of #Beirut, #Lebanon.

According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, three civilians were killed and dozens were injured in the attack.

The #Hezbollah commander that was the target of Israeli attack against residential building in south of #Beirut today is alive - #Iran #IRGC àtelegram channel

Several officials of the Zionist regime called the assassination of Fawad Shekar a success in a conversation with the Hebrew Channel, but the reports from Lebanon showing him to be alive but seriously injured
Russia's Sputnik news agency from a senior source in Hezbollah: the attempt failed. The target of this terrorist attack was Fawad Shekar, known as Jihadi Haj Ramadan, Hezbollah's number two and adviser to Seyed Hassan Nasrallah.

(from IRGC telegram channel in Farsi).

#Lebanon

#Israeli media: Yedioth Ahronoth: #Israel informed the United States of the nature of the attack on #Lebanon

#USA: White House: It is important to reach a diplomatic solution and we do not want to see escalation or war.

Al-Mayadeen correspondent: 7 children injured as a result of the #Israeli aggression that targeted the southern suburb of Beirut. More than one building was damaged as a result of the #Israeli aggression, and part of “Bahman” #Hospital was damaged.

#Iranian Embassy: We condemn in the strongest terms the cowardly #Israeli aggression that targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Two security sources to Reuters:

The senior leader in #Hezbollah who was targeted by an #Israeli strike on the southern suburb of #Beirut survived

Israel bombed a house in southern #Beirut the capital of #Lebanon trying to assassinate one of the senior #Hezbollah officers.

“We will not abandon Palestine.”

Raising a banner from the site of the #Israeli bombing in the southern suburb of Beirut.

Netanyahu is desperate to push Hezbollah to initiate the wad so he can claim to be the victim and aak for help from #Biden abd #Starmer.

#IDF knows they have no chance of winning against Hezbollah, and after 300 days of mass murder in #Gaza, #Hamas is as strong abd popular than ever before, and trying to attack a much stronger and we'll armed Hezbollah will be a catastrophe for Israel, both militarily, economically and politically.

Don't be surprised that #US and #NATO come to their "defence" against Iran and it's "proxy" Hezbollah if things get more serious.
#Israel #Politics #SaveLebanon #StopIsrael

Lebanese #Druze leader #WalidJumblatt accused #Israel of lying that a #Hezbollah missile struck Druze civilians in the occupied village of #MajdalShams.

“A lie and nothing but a lie," said Walid Jumblatt, about Israel’s claims that Hezbollah fired a missile at the Syrian Druze village, which is illegally occupied by Israel. A total of 12 children and teenagers were killed in the strike, leaving more than a dozen others wounded over the weekend. Israel is now using this as an excuse to attack Lebanon; however, leading Druze voices are accusing Israel of committing the massacre and using the event to try and divide #Arab populations prior to launching an attack on #Lebanon.

#Syria #GolanHeights #Occupation #IDF #Propaganda #Netanyahu #StopTheLies #SaveLebanon #StopIsrael

The hypocrisy and pro Israeli bias of the media is making me sick.

People on the ground said it was an Israeli Iron Dome missile, Israeli medica saying it was an Israeli iron dome missile, but Netanyahu and his fascist gang blaming it on Hezbollah and calling the Syrian citizens living under Israeli occupation for Israeli citizens, so does the freaking media.

And of course IDF is using it to murder innocent people in Lebanon and justify their plans to escalate bombing campaign against Lebanon.

Because there is no way Israel dares entering Lebanon like they did in 82 and with the massive propaganda campaign going on right now the whole freaking #NATO and their Arab puppets will stand by the genocidal regime of Israel to defend their right to "retaliate" against "Iran backed" Hezbollah of Lebanon "killing innocent Israeli civilians".

This whole fucking world is insane.

#Lebanon #GolanHeights #Hezbollah #IDF #Propaganda #Hypocrisy #StopIsrasl #SaveLebanon #SaveGaza #StopApartheid #Genocide #Politics

The war monger criminal #Netanyahu and his war criminal military know this very well, so does the media, but they keep repeating the lie that the victims were Israelis not Syrians living under Israeli occupation.

#Lebanon #Israel #GolanHeights #Syria #IDF #Hezbollah

On Israeli social media, it is reported that Medical volunteers for #Israel have just put out an urgent call for general surgeons, thoracic surgeons, trauma surgeons, and anesthesiologists to help staff Israel's Northern hospitals, near the Lebanese border.

#Lebanon

Druze mourners protest Israeli ministers' presence at funeral after Golan attack (Anadolu Agency, 2024-07-28)

"... Footage aired by Israeli media showed mourners protesting the presence of Israeli ministers, including far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, at the funeral."

"Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman, Economy Minister Nir Barkat and Energy Minister Eli Cohen..."

"According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, the #Druze Authorities Forum sent a letter to Israeli government ministers requesting them not to attend the funeral.

"'Do not come. Given the sensitivity of the situation, we ask not to turn this massacre into a political event. We demand a quiet religious funeral according to Druze customs,' read the letter."

Despite that.

#Golan #GolanHeights #IDF #Israel #IronDome #IDF #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Politics

Most western media still blame it on Hezbollah attacks

#GolanHeights #Israel #Lebanon #IronDome #Politics #Propaganda

People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine: We offer our condolences to the occupied Syrian Arab people of Majdal Shams and its fighters, and it does not hide the horrible crime of the occupying army in the city of Majdal Shams. We emphasize our trust in what Hezbollah has issued and we ask our people and nation to act wisely and miss the opportunity for the occupation that tries to create between our people

#Israel #GolanHeights #Lebanon #IDF #Occupation #Hezbollah #Politics

Thousands of Israelis floodied the streets of #TelAviv, demanding an immediate agreement on an exchange with the resistance in Gaza.

Despite these calls, the Israeli government is refusing to negotiate and is instead focused on continuing the #genocide and demanding that the army invade #Lebanon.

#Protests #FreeAllTgeHostages #PeaceNow