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AMY GOODMAN: The Israeli military says it’s hit buildings housing nearly a dozen bank branches of Al-Qard al-Hassan, a financial institution with ties to Hezbollah. Many of the banks were located in residential buildings and held the savings for many Lebanese residents.

On Sunday, UNIFIL, the U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon, accused Israel of deliberately demolishing another U.N. observation tower in what UNIFIL described as a “flagrant violation of international law.”

JAMIL MOUAWAD: Actually, the situation in Lebanon is incredibly difficult. We currently live in a limbo. Life has come to a halt, basically, with people concerned about when do they go about their normal life, when students will go back to schools, to universities, people will go back to their jobs, but also to their normal life. So, there is a lot of anxiety going on.

Yesterday, as you mentioned, Israel attacked directly and bombed financial institutions related directly to Hezbollah. Of course, we all know that Israel has identified any institution, civilian or not, directly affiliated with Hezbollah as a threat, and they are bombing it. Of course, this is only a way to demolish buildings in Lebanon and to further terrorize the Lebanese civilians.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 19 hours ago

Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

“The expansion of Israel and its proxies is a fundamental necessity for the United States” - Tim Walz

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

Stop lying. He stumbled over his words, this is not at all what that statement was about, and if you look at the whole thing you'll see that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"But the expansion of Israel and its proxies is an absolute, fundamental necessity for the United States to have the steady leadership there,” Walz said early in the debate, garbling a line that appeared to be intended to convey that the U.S. must stop the expansion of Iran and proxy groups that are aligned with the country.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/vance-walz-vice-presidential-debate-election-2024/card/tim-walz-trips-over-his-words-in-vp-debate-n0fYFC6qv9qfx0MCih7C

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

Tankies being dishonest? Say it ain't so.