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In a potential boost to #MiddleEast #ceasefire efforts, #Netanyahu said Thurs that he authorized direct negotiations “as soon as possible” with #Lebanon aimed at disarming #Iran-backed #Hezbollah militants & establishing relations between.
The 2 countries have technically been at #war since #Israel was established in 1948.
There was no comment from Lebanese authorities. But Israel-Lebanon negotiations are expected to begin next week at the State Dept in Washington.
That didn’t take long
#Iran halts #Hormuz #oil tanker traffic after Israel's #Lebanon attacks, Iranian media says
Iran has halted oil tanker traffic through the #StraitOfHormuz after #Israel attacked Lebanon, semi-official news agency Fars reported.
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif said earlier that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire between Israel, the #US & Iran, but the Israeli military said attacks on #Hezbollah in Lebanon would continue.
>1,900 people have been killed in #Iran since the #war began on Feb 28 with #US & #Israel strikes.…
>24 people have died in #GulfStates & the occupied #WestBank; 13 US #ServiceMembers have been killed; 19 have been reported dead in Israel.
>1,300 people have been killed & >1 million displaced in #Lebanon, where Israel has launched a ground invasion in its fight with the pro-Iranian #Hezbollah militant group. 10 Israeli soldiers have also died there.
AP is calling Israel’s #military actions in southern #Lebanon an #invasion.
#Israel has moved thousands of #troops across the border into Lebanon, & Israeli forces & #Iran backed #Hezbollah have been fighting for at least 3 wks
Israeli ofcls, including the defense minister, said they want to take control of the entire area south of the Litani River— ~20 miles north of the border—& that displaced Lebanese residents will not be allowed back until Israel decides its safe.
"#Israel🚨is getting absolutely pummeled today. Friends send me pics of hit sites: aren't reported. Another Israeli was killed today in Nahariya. Delta CXL all flights until Sept. Entire C: stunned by the ferocity of the Iranian response."
-S Ben-Ephraim
"#Hezbollah launched🚨missile strikes on Nahariya in No IL, leaving one person dead & multipe others wounded.
Israeli civilians🚨are the target of dozens of rockets & drone attacks."
IL in CHI
#IranWar #IllegalWar USPol
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Netanyahu claims that victory over Iran would bring peace to Israel. He should look closer to home
As Israelis grow weary of sheltering from missile attacks, their prime minister is using the war to distract from the Palestinian issue, says political analyst Dahlia ScheindlinDahlia Scheindlin (The Guardian)
