Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies (www.theguardian.com)
from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 03:50
https://lemmy.ml/post/44511722

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/44511674

March 14, 2026

Batoul and her loved ones were among the 773 Lebanese people – including more than 100 children – killed by Israel’s campaign in Lebanon since 2 March. They join a growing list of families completely wiped out by Israeli bombings, in a conflict whose death toll is rising faster than in any previous war in Lebanon.

Forty-one people were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Nabi Chit in the Bekaa valley in only five hours last Saturday, and 18 people died in a single night in the town of Sir el-Gharbiyeh on 8 March. The pace of death has stunned Lebanese people and left them struggling to keep up.

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fiat_lux@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 04:46 next collapse

This is what bothers me when I see the phrase “Trump’s war on Iran”. It both diminishes the responsibility of all of the other people making it happen and erases the atrocities occurring in other places directly affected by the conflict.

I’m glad Lebanon is finally getting some coverage but dismayed that it took so much violence to get around to that. I also wonder how many more places and people are getting no coverage at all. While it’s a largely separate conflict, the near total silence about the war in Sudan is a good example.

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kittykillinit@lemy.lol on 15 Mar 07:24 collapse

We need more instances that allow freedom of speech.

Samskara@sh.itjust.works on 15 Mar 08:34 next collapse

Hezbollah could just not attack Israel and none of this would happen.

Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 15 Mar 11:32 collapse

I aspire to this level of ignorance - must be quite comfortable.

Samskara@sh.itjust.works on 15 Mar 12:58 collapse

Talk to an actual Lebanese person about this.

T00l_shed@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 13:25 collapse

Israel could just not attack Lebanon

Mantzy81@aussie.zone on 15 Mar 12:12 collapse

Lebensraum expanded with every (insert random muslim nationality here) family splattered everywhere peacefully asked to relocate.