An Israeli artillery strike hit a group of reporters from several outlets who were clearly marked as press.

An Israeli artillery strike hit a group of reporters from several outlets who were clearly marked as press.

  • Rambler@lemm.ee
    9·
    1 year ago

    I’m confused - why are they now attacking Lebanon? I thought their beef was with Hamas.

    • kibiz0r@lemmy.worldEnglish
      134·
      1 year ago

      Hezbollah (in Lebanon) has been firing rockets into the Golan Heights, which is technically still Syrian territory according to the UN, but Israel invaded in 1967 and declared theirs in 1981.

      • circuscritic
        103·
        1 year ago

        Why did they invade…? I know the answer, but I’m concerned that either you don’t, or worse, you do, and are intentionally leaving it out.

        I honestly am baffled about how everyone who recounts the history of the Israel’s regional conflicts always magically removes the role played by Arabs, and the Arab states.

    • circuscritic
      3·
      1 year ago

      Border skirmishes with Hezbollah fighters, mostly sparatic artillery/rockets at the moment. In general it’s not really that unusual for this specific part of the border, but the overall tensions and fluidity do add a much higher escalatory risk than normal.

      This is one of the stated rationales for the deployment of the US carrier strike groups, specifically to deter Iran and it’s proxy, Hezbollah, for opening a second front.

  • btaf45@lemmy.world
    61·
    1 year ago

    How come nobody is talking about the huge role that President Bush’s incompetence played in causing this whole horrible mess?

    https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19215537

    June 15, 2007

    The takeover this week of the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group dedicated to the elimination of Israel demonstrates how much that vision has failed to materialize, in part because of actions taken by the administration. The United States championed Israel’s departure from the Gaza Strip as a first step toward peace and then pressed both Israelis and Palestinians to schedule legislative elections, which Hamas unexpectedly won. Now Hamas is the unchallenged power in Gaza.