380
submitted 1 week ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

The mayor of one of the largest cities in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit the city’s municipal headquarters during a meeting to coordinate aid deliveries to residents and those displaced by war.

The strike, one of a series on Nabatieh on Wednesday morning, killed 16 people and wounded 52, the Lebanese health ministry said. Howaida Turk, the governor of Nabatieh province, said members of the provincial capital’s crisis committee were meeting at the time.

It was the most significant Israeli hit yet on a Lebanese state institution since fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah broke out a year ago, and followed a week of intensifying aerial bombardment across Lebanon.

MBFC
Archive

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yes any country that hosts a terrorist militia should both shut it down and make peace with its neighbors. Israel should offer peace in exchange for all hostages and a lawfully administered democratic Palestinian state protected by the UN but without arms for a period of time. Unlawful Israeli settlements should be ceded to this state.

All these things are worth doing and benefit everyone except hard liners on both side which have aspirations that range from unlawful to unrealistic.

Instead of achieving any extreme ends of either party the results of current strategy is likely to be a permanent state of suffering that will directly or indirectly harm millions. Their lifes and times are worth saving.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Problem is you need both sides to work towards that. Israels has made it clear time and time again that they have no onterested in any of that.

No matter which government. whether extreme right and fascist like Netanyahu or supposed center... They always continued the annexation of Palestinian land.

The only way your ideals could be made real is if the western allies pressure Israel into obeying, for which there is no indication. They didnt bother tp do so even with the Israeli crimes of the last year.

This is again very similar to how bad schools handle bullying. They blame the beaten up victim and suspend ot, for not having thought to resolve the bullying peacefully.

Also it is crucial to understand that Hezbollah is the result of Israeli aggression. It was founded to fight back the 1980s Lebanon invasion and decades of occupation by Israel.

Unless Israel is significantly disarmed and whipped into line, while Lebanon is given substantial developmemt aid, these demands only serve to tell Lebanon to roll over on its back for Israel to do what it wants.

[-] michaelmrose@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Lebanon isn't the beaten up victim they are scumbags that host a terrorist army. If this specific conflict didn't exist they would still be a terrorist state run by a gang of thugs.

this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
380 points (97.7% liked)

World News

38914 readers
2126 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS