Embracing What’s Gone
CrossFireArabia- September 29, 2024
A bereaved Palestinian woman embraces her husband’s shoes who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
Legal Experts Condemn Biden’s Comments on Nasrallah’s Assassination
- CrossFireArabia
- September 29, 2024
Legal experts slam US President Joe Biden for making a comment praising the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. Saturday.
The White House issued a statement praising Israel’s assassination of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, calling it “a measure of justice” for the victims of Hezbollah’s actions, including Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians according to the Quds News Network.
The assassination, carried out by Israeli airstrikes, has killed dozens of civilians in addition to Nasrallah and threatens a full-scale regional war.
The statement has sparked sharp criticism from legal experts who argue that the endorsement of extrajudicial killings undermines international law. legal scholars and human rights advocates have expressed concern over Biden’s framing of the operation, calling it a dangerous precedent that disregards the rule of law.
Israeli Guns Displace 200,000 in Lebanon
- CrossFireArabia
- September 29, 2024
Over 200,000 were displaced inside Lebanon because of Israeli airstrikes, the UN high commissioner for refugees said on Saturday.
“More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli airstrikes,” Filippo Grandi wrote on X.
“Relief operations are underway, including by UNHCR, to help all those in need, in coordination with both governments,” he added.
Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of Israel’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 41,600 victims, mostly women and children, following a cross-border attack by Hamas last Oct. 7 according to the Anadolu news agency.
Beirut Under Israeli Attacks
- CrossFireArabia
- September 28, 2024
Israeli warplanes have launched what is described as massive airstrikes on Lebanon’s capital Beirut, Saturday night according to the Quds News Network.
Meanwhile the Israeli army on Saturday claimed killing Hezbollah’s top intelligence commander in an airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut. In a statement, the army said its air force targeted Hassan Khalil Yassin, who was responsible for Hezbollah’s intelligence unit according to Anadolu.
Oman Mufti on Nasrallah Assassination
- CrossFireArabia
- September 28, 2024
The Grand Mufti of Oman, Sheikh Ahmed al-Khalili:
“We are very saddened by the assassination of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, who has been a significant thorn in the side of the Zionist project for over three decades.
We ask God to strengthen the resistance movements in Lebanon, Palestine, and all Muslim countries. We hope that Muslims will unite on common ground and put aside what divides them.”
