The heavy handed hunt for Hamas and Hezbollah fighters keeps resulting in wide spread destruction in Gaza and Lebanon and civilan deaths…
President Biden has complained about the situation, BUT?
Continues to help Israel find fighters and supply Israel with bombs…..
There ARE STILL hostages and POW’s…..
There seems to be NO ending in sight for the conflict….
Israel and Iran are holding in place DIRECTLY while Iran helps Hamas and Hezbollah with arms and money….
Speaking before a photo of Nasrallah, along with Hezbollah and Lebanese flags, Qassem, 71, emphasized the beleaguered group’s resilience and commitment to “the path of war” and the cause of Palestinians in Gaza. “My program is a continuation of Nasrallah’s in all avenues — political, social, jihadi and cultural and the plan of war that the leadership of the resistance put in place,” he said. “Our project is protecting Lebanon and freeing our land and supporting our brothers in Palestine.”
Israel issued the first citywide evacuation order of its current offensive in Lebanon on Wednesday, telling residents of Baalbek in the east to leave. Cars began to snarl narrow roads as thousands of people prepared to relocate. The city had not been a focus of attacks so far — a sign that the Israel-Hezbollah conflict could continue to widen.
The United States has asked Israel to explain a “horrifying” strike on a residential building in northern Gaza that health officials say killed at least 93 people, including 25 children and the family of a Norwegian Refugee Council staffer, according to the aid organization.
In the Israeli military’s first explanation of circumstances surrounding the strike, an Israel Defense Forces official told The Washington Post it was targeting a Hamas spotter on the roof and did not mean to destroy the building. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Here are other key developments
- The Tuesday attack in the town of Beit Lahia was the deadliest in northern Gaza since Israel renewed military operations there in early October with the stated aim of stopping Hamas from regrouping. State Department spokesman Matt Miller called the attack a “horrifying incident with a horrifying result.”
- Israel has a “legal obligation to allow humanitarian assistance in and not to erect roadblocks to humanitarian assistance to people in Gaza,” Miller told reporters after Israel’s parliament passed two laws Monday that could seriously impede the work of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) that aids Palestinian refugees.
- The Biden administration has received nearly 500 reports alleging that Israel used U.S.-supplied weapons for attacks that caused unnecessary harm to civilians in Gaza, but it has failed to comply with its own policies requiring swift investigations of such claims, The Post reported.
- Israeli airstrikes on Iran last week damaged the country’s missile production capabilities and air defenses, a Post analysisof satellite imagery showed, in an attack that analysts said will limit Tehran’s ability to retaliate and set Iranian deterrence policy back years.
- At least 43,163 people have been killed in Gaza during the war and 101,510 injured, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. At least 2,792 people have been killed and 12,772 injured in Lebanon, the country’s Health Ministry says. Neither agency distinguishes between civilians and combatants. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack, including more than 300 soldiers. It says 365 soldiers have been killed in its military operation in Gaza…..
Oct 30, 2024 – ISW Press
Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem reiterated normal Hezbollah themes and ideological points in his first speech as secretary general on October 30, suggesting his appointment will not spur drastic organizational change.
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