Since Israel began its attack on Iran, calls for a regime change have grown louder. President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu are raising the possibility of targeting Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The U.S. has toppled an Iranian government before, and it backfired. Here’s what happened:
“Each tiny foot hole in the street, each tiny bullet hole in the wall, is a forest of noise".
A raw, emotional intvw w/ Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, who has lost more than 30 family members in Gaza since Oct 7.
Read the full piece here: https://t.co/B6UDIppKHm
“Each tiny foot hole in the street, each tiny bullet hole in the wall, is a forest of noise." Palestinian poet @mosababutoha is releasing his second poetry book. Read more about his story here: https://t.co/5Erq4JecTG
“He told me to take them. In the next attack, use them as a human shield.”
An IDF soldier and five former Palestinian detainees tell CNN that the Israeli military has used civilians as human shields in Gaza, as @JDiamond1 reports.
Highly unusual language coming from #Lebanon PM Mikati - sharp rebuke of Iran not to interfere in Lebanese internal affairs “it is the lebanese state that will negotiate” to end the war
"It's exactly how you breathe air into the lungs of Hezbollah and its supporters."
Yesterday:
-Netanyahu calls on Lebanese people to "stand up" against Hezbollah
-IDF raises Israeli flag in southern Lebanese village
Reaction from @firasmaksad
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib tells CNN that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire just before he was assassinated by Israel.
The temporary ceasefire was called for by President Biden, President Macron and other allies during last week’s UNGA.
“He [Nasrallah] agreed, he agreed,” Habib told me in an interview on Tuesday.
https://t.co/6grcsEx4G2
The IDF is sending another division to southern Lebanon for its "limited" operation. This is far from the first time Israel has put troops on the ground in Lebanon. Here's a closer look at what history tells us.
Police in Nairobi are firing tear gas to disperse protesters, who are back on the streets despite the withdrawal of the finance bill. CNN's @LarryMadowo is reporting from the middle of it.
The U.S. is voicing concern that Israel's defense systems would be overwhelmed in an all-out war with Hezbollah. But how expansive are Hezbollah's capabilities? I take a closer look with @bencnn
NEW: at least two US-made GBU-39 small diameter bombs were used in the Israeli strike on an @un school in central Gaza which was sheltering displaced palestinians
my latest reporting for @cnn
https://t.co/WUC9cMOlsJ
Hala Rharrit was the first and only career diplomat in the Biden administration to resign over its policies toward Israel and Gaza. She tells me she was “silenced” and “sidelined" when she voiced her concerns: