“Civilians in Lebanon are already paying an unbearable price with children, health workers, and journalists amongst those killed—the latest attacks will only escalate this devastating human toll,” said one campaigner. Israel killed Taleen and Yasmeen in Beirut, Lebanon. Not combatants. Not a threat. Two Lebanese students. No headlines. No outrage. No condemnations. No calls […]
“We absolutely need a cease-fire,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday that “escalation after escalation” in the Middle East is pushing the region to the precipice of all-out war, a message that came after Israel invaded Lebanon and Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel. “I condemn the broadening of […]
While Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly survived the attack on the densely populated area of Lebanon’s capitol, one observer warned that Israel may still “get the regional war it has sought.” While attention fixates on the fate of #Hezbollah leader Hassan #Nasrallah, bear in mind that flattening 6+ high-rise apartment buildings, without prior notice/evacuation, means […]
“These attacks violate the human right to life, absent any indication that the victims posed an imminent lethal threat to anyone else at the time.” Experts from the United Nations and human rights groups said that the device attacks in Lebanon, which killed at least 37 people Tuesday and Wednesday while injuring 2,900, violated international […]