Israeli forces blow up another house in southern Lebanon
Israeli forces have detonated explosives inside a building in southern Lebanon, continuing demolition operations that have levelled hundreds of structures inside Lebanese territory, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports.
NNA said a house was blown up at dawn on the outskirts of the town of Meiss el-Jabal in the Marjayoun district, an area that was bombed extensively by Israel following the start of its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023.
The Israeli army has not yet commented.
On Monday, Israeli jets targeted Mount Safi, the town of Jbaa, the Zefta Valley, and other areas of southern Lebanon, claiming to hit Hezbollah targets.
Israel has repeatedly launched deadly air raids across Lebanon despite its ceasefire with Hezbollah, which was reached a year ago.
US senator demands answers over Israel’s 2023 attack on reporters in Lebanon
US Senator Peter Welch has said that the Trump administration continues to “stonewall” his demands for answers over Israel’s deadly October 2023 attack on a group of journalists in Lebanon.
“We have been extremely patient and we have done everything we reasonably can to obtain answers and accountability. We’ve been stonewalled – stonewalled at every single turn,” Welch told reporters during a news conference in Washington, DC.
Reuters news agency video journalist Issam Abdallah, 37, was killed in the Israeli attack on a group of reporters working in southern Lebanon on October 13, 2023, that also injured six others, including US citizen and AFP news agency journalist Dylan Collins.
Rights groups have said the journalists were deliberately targeted, which amounts to a war crime.
“It’s clear that the [Israeli army] has never had serious intentions to investigate this attack. The only thing they’ve told us is that the attack was, ‘unintentional’ – unintentional to fire at people who were in the open, very visible, who were observed being there for several hours,” Welch said.
“We expect the Israeli government to conduct an investigation that meets international standards and to hold accountable those people who did this.”
Right-wing Israeli TV host mocks harsh winter storm in Gaza
A host on Israel’s right-wing Channel 14 news broadcaster has openly celebrated the severe winter storm currently hitting Gaza.
In the news segment, participants shared hope that the flooding would “drown” the enclave where rainfall is expected to fall harder tonight and into Friday morning, and even expressed indifference to whether Palestinians would survive.
