Drop Site News reports: “Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Sunday killed 14 people, including two children and two women, and injured 37 others, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in the deadliest day since the ‘ceasefire’ was announced on April 16. An Israeli airstrike struck a café at a crowded displacement hub in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Tibneet in the Nabatieh district Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding many others. The IDF later claimed it carried out strikes targeting ‘Hezbollah terrorists and military infrastructure’ in Lebanon.”
ROBERT INLAKESH, [email protected]
Inlakesh is an independent journalist and just wrote the piece “Israel’s Plot To Turn Lebanon Into A Failed State May Backfire Enormously,” which states: “The Israeli government is refusing to back down from its declared intention of seizing a large portion of southern Lebanon. Soon after the ceasefire was announced, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Tel Aviv had ‘not yet finished the job‘ in Lebanon.
“One of the primary tactics at play is to use the current Lebanese government, headed by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and President Joseph Aoun, to drag the nation to a catastrophic civil war. Neither of these politicians was elected by the people; instead, they were internally selected and were the U.S. government’s top picks.
“Instead of addressing Israel’s war crimes in Lebanon, the Lebanese government has pursued direct negotiations with the Israelis to achieve a normalization deal. Despite around 2,300 of their people having been killed, with ambulances, schools, churches, mosques, medical clinics, and other civilian infrastructure being targeted, the U.S.-backed leaders in Beirut are spending their time posing as brave for standing up against Hezbollah — the one group defending the country.
“Last August, the Lebanese government adopted a plan sent to them by the U.S. to disarm Hezbollah. They are now aggressively attempting to implement that plan, while the Commander of the Lebanese Army, Rodolphe Heikal, is the only thing standing in their way.
“The current head of the Lebanese Armed Forces has vowed not to order his men to go after Hezbollah while the Israelis are attacking and invading the country — a stance that has triggered U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to call for his ousting.”