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LEBANON 2024 / OCTOBER

bold date	= may be war crime	In October 2023, Netanyahu's ill-conceived declaration of war on Gaza had triggered series of reactions from Hezbollah. We view these reactions as reflections of the group's own experience with the Israelis that is similar to those of Hamas as both were found in the same circumstances. For Hezbollah, the occupation of Southern Israeli escalation from 1982 to 2000. For Hamas, the active occupation of Gaza from 1956 to 2005, and the retaliatory blockade from 2007 into the period of Netanyahu's brazen dystopian onslaught that began on October 8, 2023. Documenting how the media headlines another brazen onslaught but in Israeli escalation goes along with history in mind, not politics.
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bold date	= related to call for or inciting ethnic cleansing, genocide
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Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israeli occupation power is a war belligerent since 1967. Intruding a sovereign country with full force from the ground and from the air is carrying out an invasion.
20241001	'The country is lost': Fear and uncertainty in Lebanon as Israel invades	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	For the past few days, there was a feeling in Lebanon that an Israeli ground invasion into the country’s south was almost inevitable as Israel indicated its campaign against Hezbollah would not stop with the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, who, for three decades, was the face of the group.
20241001	Israel launches ground offensive into southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	The Israeli military has launched a ground offensive into several Lebanese villages near the border. An Israeli army statement says it is a “limited, localised and targeted” raid against Hezbollah targets
20241001	Israeli strike hits Lebanon’s Ein al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	The Israeli military conducted a strike on the Ein al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon. At least five people were killed in the attack reportedly targeting the home of a brigadier general in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Lebanon.
20241001	Lebanon state media says Israel strike kills six in Palestinian camp	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Lebanon's official news agency said an Israeli strike early Tuesday killed six people including three children and the son of a militant in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp.
20241001	Israeli troops advance into Lebanon as ground offensive launched	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Defying global calls for de-escalation, Israel has begun its first ground offensive into Lebanon in 18 years. The military says its conducting quote "limited and targeted raids" against Hezbollah after killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah just days ago. Beirut's southern suburbs have been hit multiple times and Lebanon's largest and most densely populated Palestinian refugee camp has also been attacked.
20241001	Elite Israeli units enter Lebanon but ground war plays to Hezbollah ‘home strengths’	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Analysis -- Israel has been preparing its Northern Command for months for a ground assault into southern Lebanon. It's the first time in 18 years that Israeli troops have crossed into Lebanon.
20241001	Israeli strikes on civilians violate international law and Lebanese sovereignty.	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Analysis -- Paul Morcos is a Professor of International Law at Strasbourg University, and President of JUSTICA legal Foundation. He emphasized that Israeli strikes on civilians in Lebanon breach international law, violating the Geneva Conventions. He highlighted that these attacks fail to distinguish between military targets and civilians, and that forced evacuations and the use of US weapons raise further legal concerns.
20241001	Lebanon's government faces fallout from Israel-Hezbollah fighting	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Lebanon’s military has been largely absent from the fighting between the Israeli army and Hezbollah but as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains, Lebanon’s government is having to deal with the fallout.
20241001	Israel, Lebanon telling ‘their versions’ of truth about ground offensive.	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Analysis -- Ori Goldberg, an Israeli political commentator and lecturer at Reichman University, says he doesn’t believe that Israel is lying about sending ground troops into Lebanon despite Hezbollah’s denial. “It’s a grey area,” he told Al Jazeera from Tel Aviv. “This isn’t an invasion force. This isn’t an expeditionary force. There are no tanks. There are no infantry troops. These are mostly commando units.” Golberg said that it is likely that Israeli forces are likely focusing on known Hezbollah installations or similar targets. “So in that sense, if Hezbollah was expecting an invasion, then Hezbollah's statements are correct. Israel, however, has been exactly saying that this is what the force is,” he said. “So both sides are telling their version of the truth.”
20241001	Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / invasion of Lebanon	Israel says it’s conducting “limited incursions” into southern Lebanon, with tens of thousands of troops at the country’s border. Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos explains why fighting on the ground against Hezbollah could be different.

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20241001	Escaping Beirut: Hundreds of Lebanese flee as airlines suspend flights	Israeli escalation / forced displacement	A million people have been forced from their homes by Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. Only a few airlines are still flying from Beirut's airport. Many of those lucky enough to secure tickets out say they don’t care where they're headed, as long as they can reach safety.
20241001	Israel’s war on Lebanon triggers unprecedented displacement crisis	Israeli escalation / forced displacement	Civilians have fled Israel’s relentless bombing and looming invasion, triggering a humanitarian catastrophe.
20241001	US out of step as world reacts to Israel’s ground offensive into Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Many countries and global bodies call for restraint amid Israel’s expanded military operations, but the US offers support.

Iran retaliates Israeli assassinations It is the first time since 2013 that Tehran reacts to preemptive attacks on Iranian bases in Syria, and assassinations of Iran's nuclear scientists by Israelis.
20241001	Iran launches missiles at Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Live video from Tel Aviv showed a barrage of projectiles that the Israeli military says were Iranian missiles after warnings of an imminent attack.
20241001	Iran launches missile attack against Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran’s IRGC says tens of missiles fired in retaliaition for the killing of Hezbollah, Hamas and IRGC officials.
20241001	Israeli army says Iran has fired missiles at Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The Israeli military reports that missiles have been launched from Iran, as sirens sound across the country. Flares and missiles are currently visible in the Tel Aviv sky. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the missile attack underway on Israel is in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as that of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier this year, Iran’s Fars news agency reported. Red alert sirens have been activated across central and southern Israel.
20241001	Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in a sharp escalation of regional conflict	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer toward a regionwide war.
20241001	Israel vows response after Iran hits it with salvo of ballistic missiles	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for Israel's campaign against Tehran's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, drawing vows of a sharp response from both Israel and the United States.
20241001	Iran Guards threaten 'crushing attacks' if Israel responds to missiles	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to carry out "crushing attacks" against regional foe Israel if it retaliated for a missile attack under way on Tuesday.
20241001	US Navy destroyers fired dozen interceptors against Iranian missiles, Pentagon says	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	UNVERIFIABLE CLAIM -- The Pentagon said on Tuesday that two U.S. Navy destroyers fired about a dozen interceptors against Iranian missiles aimed at Israel. Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder told reporters that no other U.S. military assets were used to shoot down the missiles, which were all fired from inside Iran.
20241001	EU condemns Iran's attack on Israel, urges regional ceasefire	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The European Union on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel and called for an immediate ceasefire across the Middle East.
			Comment: the EU has put itself in the position of collusion since 1995 when it signed with the Israelis a association agreement.
20241001	US boosting forces in Middle East by a 'few thousand' troops	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The United States is boosting its forces in the Middle East by a "few thousand" troops, by bringing in new units while extending others that are already there, the Pentagon said.
20241001	Iran launched twice as many missiles as in last attack on Israel: Pentagon	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran launched about twice as many ballistic missiles Tuesday as it did in its previous direct attack on Israel earlier this year, the Pentagon said.
20241001	Biden orders US military to shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	President Joe Biden ordered the US military on Tuesday to "aid Israel's defence" and shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel, the White House said.
20241001	US destroyers joined Israeli air units against 'defeated and ineffective' Iranian ballistic missile attack: US official	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Iran's ballistic missile assault on Israel was "defeated and ineffective", the White House said on Tuesday, warning that Tehran could expect severe consequences for the attacks
20241001	US condemns Iran attack on Israel as major escalation	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The United States warned Iran that it would face severe consequences for its ballistic missile attack on Israel on Tuesday, saying the barrage marked a significant escalation but appeared to have been thwarted.
20241001	US helped Israel shoot down Iran missiles - Pentagon	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	The US fired approximately a dozen interceptors at the Iranian missiles fired towards Israel, the Pentagon has said.
			Comment: the US is part of the problem since May 1948, and did nothing to stop the Israelis from being the first nuclear power in the Middle East in the 1960s.

20241001	Britain 'completely condems' Iran's actions, PM's office says	Israeli escalation / Iran retaliates assassinations	Britain "completely condemns" Iran's actions after it fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel and calls for de-escalation across the region, the office of Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.
			Comment: Britain is the creator of the Palestinian problem and ignores distinction of the problem and nuclear rivalry that the Israelis started with Iran in the 1968.

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20241002	Israel vows to restore south Lebanon buffer zone	Israeli escalation	Israel's military has reportedly added ground units to its operation against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. The IDF's stated goal is to restore a demilitarized buffer zone in southern Lebanon to ensure the safe return of some 60,000 Israeli residents to homes in northern Israel.
			Comment: Southern Lebanon was under Israeli occupation from the year 1982, when Hezbollah was formed, until 2000. It is re-occupying Southern Lebanon.

20241002	IOF troops and Hezbollah clash 'in close-range' inside Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Israel's military is engaging in "close-range encounters" with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli Defence Forces statement on Wednesday.
20241002	Israel reports 8 combat deaths as troops battle Hezbollah in Lebanon and fears of a wider war mount	Israeli escalation	Israel’s ground incursion into Lebanon to battle Hezbollah militants left eight Israeli soldiers dead Wednesday, while the region braced for further escalation as Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack a day earlier.
20241002	Israel says eight soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Israel said on Wednesday eight of its soldiers were killed in combat in south Lebanon as its forces thrust into its northern neighbour in a campaign against the Hezbollah armed group.
20241002	Several Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah ambush on Lebanon borders	Israeli escalation	Several Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush set by the resistance after they crossed the Lebanese border, Hezbollah and the Israeli army announced on Wednesday.
20241002	Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment	Israeli escalation	story -- When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen.
20241002	Palestinian buried as only known victim of Iranian barrage against Israel	Israeli escalation	Sameh Khadr Hassan Al-Asali had been staying in a Palestinian security forces compound in the occupied West Bank when he was killed by falling missile debris during Tuesday's attack, which Israel said was largely thwarted by its air defence systems.
20241002	Iran's Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say	Israeli escalation	Iran concerned about possible infiltration of its own Trust damaged by Nasrallah's assassination by Israel Hezbollah investigating deep Mossad infiltration Investigation was led by Nabil Kaouk; disrupted by his killing Nasrallah's death has left Hezbollah leaderless and shaken trust
20241002	Iran says it has concluded its attack on Israel	Israeli escalation
20241002	Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ call for further attacks on Israel	Israeli escalation	Proxy groups from Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, Iraq and Yemen ‘commend’ missile attacks and threaten escalation of operations
20241002	Iranian missile strike on Israel shows capability for greater scale, complexity	Israeli escalation	Analysis -- The Iranian ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday was larger, more complex and involved more advanced weapons than the strikes in April, experts say, putting greater stress on missile defences and allowing more warheads to get through.
20241002	Iran and Israel warn each other against attacks at UN meeting – video	Israeli escalation	Ambassadors for Israel and Iran threatened each other with retaliation if attacked again, amid fears of a wider war in the Middle East. Israeli airstrikes have continued in southern Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, while Iranian-backed Hezbollah continues to fire rockets into Israel.
20241002	US seeks to align positions with Israel on response to Iran, top American diplomat says	Israeli escalation	The Biden administration is seeking to align its position with Israel on any potential response to Iran's attack but also recognizes the Middle East is on a "knife's edge" and a broader escalation could imperil both Israeli and U.S. interests, U.S. Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday.
20241002	Biden says will not support Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites	Israeli escalation	President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will not support an Israeli strike on sites related to Tehran’s nuclear program in response to Iran's missile attack on Israel.
20241002	US would not support Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, says Biden	Israeli escalation	Top Israeli diplomat at UN warns his country’s retaliation for Iranian missile attack will be heavier than Tehran ‘could ever have imagined’
20241002	Timeline: The key moments that led to Iran’s missile attacks on Israel	Israeli escalation	Over the past year, escalations have raised concerns over an expanding war in the Middle East.
20241002	Israel able to repel Iranian attack without need for major help from allies	Israeli escalation	opinion -- Most of the defensive effort appears to have been undertaken by Israeli air defence systems
			Comment: found videos showing Iranian missiles hitting the Negev desert airbase show that no air defense system was active.
20241002	'Sickening cycle of escalation' in Mideast must stop, UN chief says	Israeli escalation	UN chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an end to the "sickening cycle of escalation" in the Middle East, while specifically condemning Iran over its latest missile attack after facing harsh criticism from Israel.

20241002	Israel bars UN chief from the country over Iran attack response	Israeli escalation	Israel’s foreign minister accused Antonio Guterres of ‘backing terrorists, rapists, and murderers’ and branded him ‘a stain on the history of the UN’.

20241002	Israel declares UN chief 'persona non grata'	Israeli escalation	Israel's foreign minister has said he is barring UN Secretary-General Guterres from entering the country over his response to Iran's missile attack. The EU and UN have urged de-escalation in the region.
20241002	UN calls Israel’s ban on its top leader a political statement in long-running rift	Israeli escalation	U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz deeming the U.N. chief “persona non grata” is also “one more attack on the United Nations staff that we’ve seen from the government of Israel.”
20241002	UN chief condemns Iran attack after Israel ban	Israeli escalation	The United Nations secretary general has condemned Iranian strikes on Israel, after earlier being banned from the country for his initial response.
20241002	Repeat of 2006? Why Israel’s ground offensive in Lebanon won’t be easy	Israeli escalation	The failures of the past loom large as Israel launches a new military foray into southern Lebanon.
20241002	After pressing an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, the Biden administration shifts its message	Israeli escalation	The Biden administration says there is a significant difference between Israeli actions that have expanded its war against the Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran’s retaliatory missile attack against Israel, which it condemned as escalatory.

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20241003	'Easy' choice: Hezbollah’s likely new leader is Nasrallah's cousin, Hashem Safieddine	Hezbollah	UNCONFIRMED CLAIM -- Just like his cousin Hassan Nasrallah – killed in a massive Israeli air raid on Hezbollah’s headquarters in the outskirts of southern Beirut on September 27 – Hashem Safieddine wears a black turban, a prestigious Shiite symbol marking him out as a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed. Safieddine, described by his opponents as aggressive and “bloodthirsty”, is widely expected to take over as Hezbollah’s new leader. And he can count on his influential brother, Abdallah Safieddine, who heads the group’s operations in Iran, to back him up.

20241003	Radar shows scale of damage from Israeli strikes on Lebanon	Israeli escalation / destruction	Satellite data shows more than 3,100 buildings affected as intense wave of attacks kills over 1,300 people
20241003	Video: Israeli air attacks kill several in Beirut city centre	Israeli escalation	Video shows the scene of an Israeli air attack on an apartment in the centre of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. At least six people were reportedly killed by the strike, around a kilometre from the prime minister’s office.
20241003	Iran warns of ‘unconventional response’ in case of new Israeli attack	Israeli escalation	In indirect message to the US via Qatar, Iran says it doesn’t want a regional war, but that Israel must be ‘deterred’, an Iranian official tells Al Jazeera
20241003	Iran's president issues stern warnings to Israel after meetings with Qatari, Arab officials in Doha	Israeli escalation	Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to address recent developments in the region, in a series of high-stakes meetings in Doha two days after Tehran launched a major missile attack against Israel.
20241003	Qatar condemns Israel’s efforts to politicize UN’s role	Israeli escalation	The statement came a day after Israel declared Guterres “persona non grata” and barred him from entering the country, accusing him of failing to “unequivocally” condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel.
20241003	Israel attacks heart of Beirut as Hezbollah pushes back in southern Lebanon	Israeli escalation	Israel’s military kills nine in attack on central Beirut as eight Israeli soldiers killed in southern ground offensive.

20241003	Video: Israel bombs Lebanon escape route after issuing evacuation orders	Israeli escalation	Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports on how Israel has repeatedly attacked a main escape route for people in south Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for dozens of towns and villages, forcibly displacing those who had not already left due to attacks against Hezbollah.
			Comment: the report reveals that the Israelis use a tactic similar to the dystopian terror in Gaza.

20241003	Israel strikes Beirut suburb, Hezbollah keeps up cross-border fire	Israeli escalation	Israel's military told residents of more than 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately on Thursday as it pressed on with its cross-border incursion and struck Hezbollah targets in a suburb of Beirut.
20241003	Israel hits central Beirut	Israeli escalation	Lebanese authorities reported a fresh Israeli strike on central Beirut early Thursday.
20241003	Israel targets Beirut in a fresh wave of strikes	Israeli escalation	The attacks on Lebanon's capital come as Israeli troops battle Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
20241003	Central Beirut Israeli strike death toll rises to nine, health ministry says	Israeli escalation	The airstrike started a fire in an apartment building in the residential Bashoura district, not far from the UN headquarters, the prime minister’s office and parliament.
20241003	Israel says damage from Iranian missile attack minimal thanks to 'high-quality defence'	Israeli escalation	Israel has been assessing the damage caused by Iran's massive 180-rocket missile attack on Tuesday night after its air defence intercepted most of the projectiles.
			Comment: found videos show missile barrage pounded an airbase in the Negev desert. No air defense was active.
20241003	Israel issues new evacuation order for parts of southern Beirut	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	The Israeli military issued orders in the early hours of Thursday telling people to leave multiple areas of densely-populated southern Beirut, where it says it will hit Hezbollah sites.
20241003	Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate a city and other communities in southern Lebanon that are north of a U.N.-declared buffer zone, signaling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group.
20241003	Israel tells residents of 25 southern Lebanon villages to evacuate	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	The Israeli military has told residents of 25 villages across southern Lebanon to evacuate on Thursday, the latest in a series of relocation calls issued by the Israeli Army as it targets the area.
20241003	No cookers, showers or gas – displaced people shelter in Lebanese schools	Israeli escalation/ forced displacement	Staff at schools around the country have been ‘working like beehives’ to prepare for the arrival of thousands of people fleeing Israel’s bombardment.
20241003	Hezbollah kills at least 4 Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon clashes: Sky News Arabia	Israeli escalation	Four Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah members in the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon on Wednesday dawn, Sky News Arabia quoted unnamed sources as saying.
20241003	The maps that help explain the Israel-Hezbollah conflict	Israeli escalation	Israel is once again fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, nearly two decades after a UN resolution that was meant to bring peace to the area. Al Jazeera’s Virginia Pietromarchi looks at some of the history that’s shaping the conflict today.
20241003	‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandoned	Israeli escalation	Critics say the US rushed to evacuate its citizens in Israel last year. For Lebanon, the response has been much slower.
20241003	Gaza and a ceasefire slip out of focus as Lebanon conflict rages	Israeli escalation	Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world's attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for a ceasefire a year into a war that has shattered the enclave.
20241003	Nearly 2,000 killed in Lebanon since conflict with Israel began, health ministry says	Israeli escalation / targeting civilians	Health Minister Firas Abiad said Thursday that more than 9,000 have also been wounded in Israeli attacks since Oct. 8, 2023.
20241003	Civilians bear brunt in 'catastrophic' Lebanon conflict, UN official says	Israeli escalation / targeting civilians	Civilians are bearing the brunt of a "truly catastrophic" situation in Lebanon, a senior U.N. official said, urging respect for the rules of war nearly two weeks since Israel launched a major offensive against the armed group Hezbollah.
20241003	Dozens killed in new Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / targeting civilians	At least seven health and rescue workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, an Islamic health organization said Thursday, as Israel's battle against the Iran-backed groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza raged, fueling concern of a wider regional conflict.

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20241004	Nasrallah temporarily buried for fear of Israeli strike on funeral: Sources	Israeli escalation / invasion	A source close to Hezbollah said Friday that the Lebanese group's slain chief Hassan Nasrallah has been temporarily buried in a secret location for fear Israel would target a large funeral.
20241004	Israel rocks Beirut with huge attack and cuts off main Lebanon-Syria road	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs with its largest attack yet and cuts off a vital escape route into Syria.
20241004	Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria	Israeli escalation / invasion	Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.
20241004	Israel cuts off main Lebanon-Syria road	Israeli escalation / invasion	An Israel airstrike hit Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with Syria, cutting off a road that was being used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee Israeli bombardments in recent days.
20241004	Three Lebanese hospitals suspend services amid Israeli bombing	Israeli escalation / invasion	Three hospitals in Lebanon including one on the outskirts of Beirut's southern suburbs announced Friday the suspension of work, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment.

20241004	Death toll in Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises again: Ministry	Israeli escalation / invasion	Lebanon’s health minister has said that 2,023 people have been killed “since the start of Israeli aggression on Lebanon”. The dead include 127 children and 261 women, along with 9,526 wounded.

20241004	Can UN Resolution 1701 help end the Hezbollah-Israel fight?	Israeli escalation / invasion	opinion -- Many politicians and diplomats have said that the only solution to the current conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, that can bring peace and security to both Israel and Lebanon, must be political. Part of any such solution could well involve a resolution agreed to by the United Nations' Security Council just over 18 years ago, they say.
20241004	Iran-Israel: Will Turkey get involved?	Israeli escalation / invasion	opinion -- Turkey supports the Palestinians and criticizes Israel while still observing distant relations with Iran. Turkish military involvement in the growing regional conflict is therefore unlikely, experts say.
20241004	Biden says he would weigh alternatives to striking Iranian oil if he were in Israel's shoes	Israeli escalation	President Joe Biden said on Friday he would think about alternatives to striking Iranian oil fields if he were in Israel's shoes, adding he thinks Israel has not yet concluded how to respond to Iran.
20241004	Iran vows to target Israeli energy sites if it ‘makes any mistake’: IRGC deputy commander	Israeli escalation	Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Ali Fadavi warned Israel that Iran will not hesitate to target its energy sources should it "make any mistake," the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
20241004	Iranian FM pledges ‘stronger’ retaliation if Israel strikes Iran	Israeli escalation	Iran’s foreign minister says he supports efforts for a regional ceasefire with Israel, while also warning Tel Aviv that if it carries out an attack on Iran, Tehran will retaliate in a harsh way.
20241004	No place for foreign workers being displaced in Lebanon	Israeli escalation / humanitarian crisis	Some of them were born and raised in Lebanon, but in war they have no place in the authorities’ support programmes.

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