Houshig K.

[Nadim Houry @nadimhoury]

The area that Israel is now occupying in Lebanon (behind the so called yellow line) represents almost 6% of Lebanon.
- To put it in American terms, this is bigger than California (not that far off the size of Texas).
- In French terms, it represents Normandie.

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

Lebanon’s Govt scientific research council has collated figures which show the widespread destruction being wrought on the country by Israeli airstrikes… about a thousand homes have been destroyed each day since early March

[Kim Ghattas @KimGhattas]

Whatever was left after the last war in 2024... is gone.

[Hugo Bachega @hugobachega]

As Israel, again, kills journalists, here's what @pressfreedom said last year:

"Israel, in particular, has repeatedly killed journalists whom it subsequently - and in some cases preemptively - alleged were militants, without providing credible evidence to support its claims.

"To date, CPJ reporting has found that no one has been held accountable for any targeted killings of a journalist by Israel since October 7, 2023, or in the preceding 22 years."

https://t.co/Lj2q7XGTRG

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

BREAKING: Israeli military issues evacuation notice for neighborhoods in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Airstrikes usually follow these warnings

[Nabih @nabihbulos]

#Israel-i warplanes over #Beirut as #Hezbollah commemorates its fallen chief Hassan #Nasrallah.

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

Breaking: Lebanon Parliament elects Joseph Aoun (current army commander) as new president with 99 votes after 2+ years of vacuum

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

LEBANON: Sleiman Frangieh, presidential candidate backed by Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, has withdrawn from the race on the eve of the elections + announced support for army commander Joseph Aoun’s candidacy.

[The New Arab @The_NewArab]

In-depth: Hundreds of Lebanese citizens were arrested during Syria's occupation and held in regime jails, with little official attention to their plight

Assad's fall revives hope for Lebanon's forgotten prisoners ⬇️

✍️ @houshigk

https://t.co/5gKPedyYvp

[Sarah Dadouch | سارة دعدوش @SarahDadouch]

A reminder to foreign journalists descending on Damascus: prisoners are human beings who deserve dignity and should not be treated recklessly or used as pathways for clicks. Please treat people with the dignity that they’ve been deprived of for decades.

[Zeina Khodr @ZeinakhodrAljaz]

For years I reported about enforced disappearances in #Syria … the missing … the suffering of their families. Today I was in #Sednaya prison watching the families hang on to false hope. I saw the execution room. Unimaginable horrors.

I can’t sleep
https://t.co/gJ3SNslxZf

[Aya Iskandarani @Aya_Isk]

Israel conducted MORE THAN 100 strikes on Syria army positions Monday incl a research centre Western countries say is linked to chemical weapons production, acc to a war monitor.
Rami Abdel Rahman told @AFP increased strikes aim to "destroy the former regime's military" arsenal.

[Karl Sharro @KarlreMarks]

Map of the current situation in Syria

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

People here had not been to their homes for over 2 months, many rushed back today to assess the damage

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

#Beirut 's southern suburbs (Dahyeh) today - first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

For the wounded, the war is never a thing of the past.

[Bassem Mroue باسم مروه @bmroue]

Tens of thousands of people heading to south #Lebanon after ceasefire went into effect at 4 am between #Israel and #Hezbollah

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

Fireworks in Nabatieh, south of Lebanon in the first hours of dawn celebrating the ceasefire which went into effect at 4:00AM.

Many displaced people also already en route to their homes in the south

[Abir Zaatari @Zaatari_Abir]

Flares, fighter jets hovering over your head, humming drones in the background, a crazy traffic jam, & your dad asking u to take one final photo just in case-all while trying to read the eviction maps and figure out which road you should take to navigate the upcoming strike

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

Bumper to bumper traffic in Beirut as panicked residents try to flee (during rush hour), many also on foot, amidst Israeli airstrikes in the capital

[Houshig K. @houshigk]

NEW: Israel for the first time issues evacuation notices for areas in central #Beirut including Ras Beirut, Corniche Mazraa, Zokak el-Blat, Msaitbeh